What month is standing winter
November 07, 2018 Wednesday.
Lidong comes on November 7 or 8 every year, the arrival of the winter season, it represents the climate is about to be transferred from the autumn climate to the winter climate, when the winter, everything is finally finished, the crops are harvested to be collected.
At this time, most of the northern regions have entered the cold winter, in parts of Heilongjiang, is covered with snow and ice.
What day of the month is Lidong on the lunar calendar
Lidong festival is not viewed according to the traditional lunar calendar.
While the twenty-four seasons are traditional Chinese festivals, there are leap months in the lunar calendar from time to time, and it would be very tedious and troublesome to formulate the twenty-four festivals according to the lunar calendar.
In order to be more streamlined, the ancestors took the twenty-four festivals out of the lunar calendar, and instead chose the Gregorian calendar as the standard for judging the twenty-four festivals, and the Lidong festival is naturally no exception.
What are the customs of the Rising Winter
Welcoming Winter
During the feudal period, the imperial court would hold a ceremony to welcome winter in the countryside at the time of the annual Rising Winter festival, and rewarded ministers for their winter clothes, and cared for widows and orphans.
1, according to "Lu Shi Chun Qiu - Meng Dong" has recorded: "is also the month to establish winter. The first three days of winter, Taishi thirst of the Son of Heaven. Said: 'a certain day to establish winter, Shengde in the water.' The son of heaven is fasting. The day of winter, the son of heaven personally rate three dukes and nine ministers to welcome winter in the northern suburbs. Return, is rewarding the dead, compassionate widows and orphans."
2, is the day, the emperor led the three dukes and nine ministers to the northern suburbs of six miles to welcome winter. When they returned, the emperor wanted to reward them greatly for the safety of the community, and he also wanted to give compassionate treatment to the orphans and widows.
Sacrificing the God of Winter
In ancient times, at the beginning of winter, the emperor wore black clothes, rode an iron-colored horse, and took the civil and military officials to the northern suburbs to sacrifice the God of Winter.
The name of the winter god was Yu Qiang, and his character was Xuanmei. The Classic of Mountains and Seas says that he lives on an island in the North Sea and has a strange appearance: a human face with a bird's body, two green snakes hanging from his ears, and two flying red snakes on his feet.
The sacrifice to the Winter God was a magnificent spectacle.
The Records of the Grand Historian recorded that during the Han Dynasty, 70 boys and girls were required to sing the song "Xuanhei" together: "Xuanhei ling yin, stinging insects cover reduce the time of convergence of the register, cover up the collection of Jiayi." It means that when it gets cold, collect the grain. Harvest in the fall and hide in the winter.
Complementary winter
Proverbial cloud "winter, complementary winter, complementary mouth empty".
People in the southern region like to eat meat in winter to strengthen the system to withstand the cold winter.
In Taiwan, on the day of the winter festival, the streets of the "mutton stove", "ginger duck" and other winter tonic restaurant overcrowded. Many families also stew chicken with sesame oil and chicken with four substances to make up for the winter.
Preparing winter clothes
When winter begins, although it is not yet very cold, people start to prepare winter clothes. The Son of Heaven began to wear fur coats at the beginning of winter and sometimes rewarded his ministers.
1, according to "Lu Shi Chun Qiu with - Meng Dong" records: "is the month also, to establish winter. The first three days to establish winter, Taishi thirst of the son of heaven, said: 'a certain day to establish winter, Shengde in the water.' The son of heaven is fasting. On the day of winter, the son of heaven personally rate three dukes and nine ministers to welcome winter in the northern suburbs. Also, is rewarding the dead, compassionate widows and orphans." Gao Yuzi's note: "Those whose ancestors died in the king's service in order to secure the borders of the Zhai community were rewarded by their children and grandchildren; those who were orphaned or widowed were given compassionate treatment."
2, Jin Cui Bao "ancient and modern note" said: "Han Wendi to winter day to give the palace service to the grace of the person and the hundred officials Phi Zaozi." And "the big hat this rock history wild clothing, Wei Wendi imperial decree hundred officials often to winter day noble and lowly pass wear, called the warm hat."
3, "Chinese Ancient and Modern Note" said: "Han Wendi to winter day, give the palace service bearer and the hundred officials Phi Zaozi, more than five-color embroidered Luo for the, or brocade for the."
4, the ordinary people can not have such conditions, people take off their body jacket, stuffed with a thick layer of cotton inside, wipe flat, with a long needle sewing, as warm.
Send cold clothes
On the day of winter, people will give the dead relatives to prepare the clothes, and then burn them, that is, send cold clothes.
According to "The Scenery of the Imperial Capital", there were special paper workshops that used colorful paper to cut out different clothes for men and women that were more than a foot long. Families bought them back and burned them at the door, chanting and asking their ancestors to come and get them, called sending cold clothes.
What traditional food to eat in winter
Eat sugarcane, fried rice
The proverbial cloud: "Eat sugarcane in winter will not be toothache," said.
People believe that eating sugarcane on winter day can protect teeth, but also has the function of nourishment; and with lotus seeds, mushrooms, chestnuts, shrimp, carrots made of fragrant rice, widely welcomed by the people in coastal areas.
Eating Dumplings
The proverb says: "If you don't serve dumplings at the beginning of winter, no one will care if you freeze your ears off. Dumplings originated from the "time of the cross" that winter is the day of the intersection of autumn and winter, the New Year is the intersection of the two years, so the "cross" time of the dumplings can not be eaten.
When winter begins, there are few fresh fruits and vegetables on the market, and people store summer fruits and vegetables and put them on the window sill for a long period of time to sweeten them and use them as dumpling fillings, which taste different from fresh melons and cabbages, and are mixed with vinegar and garlic for a better flavor.
The Three Weathers of Winter
Water Begins to Freeze
After the start of winter, temperatures are low enough that rivers begin to freeze.
The ground begins to freeze
After the first day of winter, the weather has turned cold enough to freeze, and the bare ground begins to freeze.
Pheasants enter the water as a mirage
Pheasants, or pheasants, refer to large birds; mirages are large clams.
After the winter festival, the weather turns cooler, and it is hard to find the big birds, but there are often big clams on the seashore that are similar in color to those on the big birds, so the ancients believed that the birds would turn into big clams after the winter festival to avoid the cold.