When will the winter of 2023 begin?
Beginning of winter is the nineteenth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, which is determined according to the sun's arrival at 225 degrees of the yellow meridian. Beginning of winter is not only a time to hold a grand harvest festival and a harvest feast, but also a season of cold wind. There are customs and activities such as "October New Moon", "Qin Sui Shou", "Cold Clothes Festival" and "Harvest Festival". At this time, in the north, it is the winter months when the water freezes and the ground begins to freeze, but in the south, it is the weather of Xiaoyangchun.
Beginning of winter is a big festival in October during the Han and Wei Dynasties. On this day, the Emperor of Heaven will personally lead the ministers to meet the winter weather, commend and support the martyrs who died for their country and their families, ask the deceased to protect their lives, and encourage people to resist the plunder and invasion of foreign enemies or evil bandits. In China, there are some folk customs, such as offering sacrifices to ancestors, feasting and divination for the elderly, and offering sacrifices to ancestors with the best seasonal products to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of future generations. Pray that God will give us a bumper harvest next year, and farmers themselves will have a drink and rest in return.
The beginning of winter customs
The custom in northern beginning of winter is to eat jiaozi, because jiaozi looks like ears. People think that if you eat them, your ears won't catch a cold in winter. Beginning of winter, wrapped in jiaozi, tastes different from Chinese cabbage, but also dipped in vinegar and rotten garlic to eat, just don't have a taste. Because our country is based on agriculture and attaches great importance to the 24 solar terms, "Festival" is a new growth point of vegetation. Autumn harvest and winter storage, this day, in order to improve our life, we chose "delicious but jiaozi".
Around "beginning of winter" is the season of high incidence of respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza. It is suggested that everyone should pay attention to cold protection and warmth at any time. In daily life, they should give priority to "keeping hidden", have fewer parties, wash their hands frequently, ventilate frequently and wear masks. Beginning of winter, one of the 24 solar terms, with bucket handle pointing northwest and the longitude of the sun reaching 225, is a festival between Gregorian calendar165438+1October 7-8 every year. Beginning of winter is a solar term, which means entering winter (the above contents are for reference only).