Count nine in winter, when do you usually start counting!

The solstice in winter is called "over nine" or "counting nine". From the solstice of winter, every nine days is a "nine", and * * * is divided into nine "nine". After counting the last nine, spring will come.

The solstice in winter is the shortest day in a year. After the winter solstice, the direct point of the sun gradually moves northward, and the days in the northern hemisphere gradually lengthen and the nights gradually shorten. Therefore, there is a saying that "eating the winter solstice makes the day longer."

There are folk songs, such as "Don't shoot in September, walk on the ice in March and April, watch willows along the river in May and June, open the river in July and September, swallow it in August and September, and plow cattle everywhere in September and September."

Many areas have the custom of offering sacrifices to the heavens and ancestors during the winter solstice, and Taoist temples will also hold a three-day "Winter solstice Pudu Huangdi Zhai" during this period. At present, there are still some places where genealogy, ancestor statues and memorial tablets are placed. They are all offered at home, such as tables, incense burners and offerings.

Northerners like to eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter, while southerners like to drink glutinous rice balls. Of course there are exceptions. For example, in Tengzhou, Shandong and other places, the custom of drinking mutton soup on the same day is popular, which means to drive away the cold.