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Why should beginning of winter eat jiaozi in his solar terms poems?

Beginning of winter is the first day of the twenty-four solar terms in winter in China. Many cultures were formed in beginning of winter, and ancient poems are one of them. So what is the poem about the solar term beginning of winter? Why does beginning of winter eat jiaozi?

Beginning of winter's solar terms poems

Beginning of winter, Heshui Zuo

The north wind is cold, and the sparse trees are half green and half yellow.

Four fields build dikes for drought and flood, and every household receives food in the sun.

Song Chou-yuan's "Two Poems of beginning of winter"

The drizzle is cold and frost-free, and the leaves in front of the court are half green and half yellow.

Koharu won't be here for many days, and plum blossoms will be in full bloom.

Stone's "Frost on Chrysanthemum the Day Before Yesterday"

Last night, the frost was clear and cold, and the red leaves were full.

The garden is swept away by the west wind, and the yellow flowers bear the autumn.

Zijin cream "beginning of winter"

The lotus pond that fell into the water dried up and the west wind gradually turned into the north wind.

Boxwood is stubborn, birch is soft and semi-sparse.

Frost on the door can wake up bones, and the afterglow on the window is good for reading.

I'm going to sing Xue Mei on March 9th and borrow my own small stove.

Song Chou-yuan's "Two Poems of beginning of winter"

Qifeng is vast and scattered, and the drizzle is slightly wet.

Ken thinks Hanxin is still early this year, and the old lady hasn't packed cotton in brown yet.

I haven't seen Snow on September 26th by Fang Hui. There are many people in the north without clouds. "

Beginning of winter still has ten days, and his clothes have not been padded.

In the middle of the night, the wind overturned the house, and in the morning, the snow invaded the ship.

Bad times are strange, but my old age is the most pitiful.

The sleeves were covered with sour fingers, and the shoulders were frozen by the railing.

My heart suddenly ached, and the residual chrysanthemum was still fresh.

Poor childless people should be entangled in many diseases.

Why does beginning of winter eat jiaozi?

Traditionally, people in China often regard this day as the beginning of winter. Beginning of winter is not good at jiaozi Bowl, nobody cares about his frozen ears! In northern China, people in some areas have the custom of beginning of winter eating jiaozi.

In Beijing and Tianjin, people have the custom of eating jiaozi in early winter. Some folklore experts believe that beginning of winter is the turn of autumn and winter, and it is the time to give birth to children, so eating jiaozi at this time means obeying the will of God. Besides, China used to be an agricultural society. People who worked for one year took advantage of beginning of winter to have a rest and rewarded their families for their hard work in the past year.