The exact time of the winter solstice in 2023
Winter solstice, also known as solstice, winter festival, child year, etc. It has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk ancestor worship festival in China. The winter solstice in 2023 starts on February 22nd 1 1: 27: 09, and ends on October 6th 14: 49: 09, 2024.
Winter solstice, also known as solstice, winter festival, child year, etc. It has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk ancestor worship festival in China. The solstice in winter is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year. The custom of winter solstice varies in content or details due to different regions. In southern China, there are customs of offering sacrifices to ancestors and enjoying the winter solstice. In northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi from winter to Sunday every year.
Reasons for eating jiaozi in winter solstice.
The winter solstice is the earliest of the 24 solar terms, and the time is between 65438+February 265438+February 0-23 in Gregorian calendar. In the north, there has always been the custom of eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter, while in the south, eating jiaozi, but jiaozi is the most common. When it comes to the winter solstice in the north, jiaozi comes to mind first. On the solstice of winter, eating jiaozi has become a tradition. It is also wonderful to eat a bowl of hot jiaozi in cold winter.
Every winter, every family eats jiaozi to commemorate Zhang Zhongjing, the "medical sage". According to legend, Zhang Zhongjing, a doctor from Nanyang, was an official in Changsha. When he retired in his later years, it was a snowy winter and the wind was biting. He was very sad to see that the clothes of the villagers on both sides of the Baihe River in Nanyang were uncovered, and many people's ears were frozen. He asked his disciples to set up a medical shed in Guandong, Nanyang.
He cooked mutton and some herbs to dispel the cold in a pot, then took out the mutton and chopped the medicine to make ear-shaped Joules and bread. After cooking, he distributed two Joules and a big bowl of broth to everyone who came to ask for medicine. People ate "Joule" and drank "Quhan Decoction", and they were all hot, their ears were hot, and their frostbitten ears were cured.
Later generations learned the appearance of Joule and packaged it into food, also called "jiaozi" or "flat food". After eating it, the villagers' ears will be fine. Later, on the solstice of winter, people imitated and cooked, thus forming the custom of "pinching ears".
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