1. Welcome to Winter On this day in beginning of winter, the ancient emperors would have a ceremony to welcome winter. It is reported that the emperor will put on black clothes and ride an iron-colored horse at the same time, leading the court officials to worship the winter god. The scene is quite huge.

there is also a system of giving ministers winter clothes and showing sympathy for the lonely, which is basically the same in later generations. After all, after beginning of winter, the autumn harvest ended and winter came. No matter what the final harvest was, the hard work of one year finally came to an end, which is something to remember.

2. He Dong He Dong is also called winter worship. People have a bumper harvest in autumn and a relatively slack season in winter, so beginning of winter has become a season to celebrate the bumper harvest, comfort their ancestors, worship their ancestors in the coming year and make food supplements.

3. In some places, the way of celebrating beginning of winter has also been innovated. In Harbin, Heilongjiang, Shangqiu, Henan, Yichun, Jiangxi, Wuhan, Hubei and other places, winter swimmers used this way to welcome the arrival of winter. Winter swimming is a favorite way for people to exercise in winter, whether in the north or the south.

4. Winter school is the longest in winter night, and it is also the slack season, so it is a better time to run "Winter school" in this season. Informal education in winter school has various properties: for example, "literacy classes" recruit adult men and women with the aim of literacy; The "training class" recruits people with certain expertise.

to train professional knowledge and cultivate talents; "General classes" mainly improve culture and popularize scientific and technological knowledge. The school site of winter school is mostly located in temples or public houses. Teachers mainly hire people from their own village or other villages to undertake and pay them appropriately.

5. It is said in Huangdi Neijing, an ancient Chinese medicine book for winter tonic: "Spring, summer, autumn harvest and winter storage are natural qi; People should also respond. "And he said," Those who live in winter and March are sealed. "That is to say, one to the winter in March, it is a good time to save your strength.

At this time, people's skin muscles are denser, sweat less, and the nutrients they ingest are easy to store. Moreover, in the winter season, people's appetite is also relatively strong, which is a good time for tonic.