This year's beginning of winter solar term is November 8. With the arrival of the beginning of winter solar term, autumn officially ends and the cold winter officially comes. So what does the word "Lidong" in Lidong solar term mean? What is the solar term at the beginning of winter? This article introduces the meaning of the beginning of winter solar terms. Let's have a look.
Lidong is one of the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar and one of the traditional Chinese festivals; The time point is between November 7 and 8 of the Gregorian calendar, that is, the sun is located at the Yellow meridian 225 & deg;. At this time, the earth is located at declination-16-deg; 19 \ ', the noon sun height in Beijing is only 33 & deg; 47\'。 After the beginning of winter, the sunshine time will continue to shorten and the noon sun height will continue to decrease. Chinese people begin winter with the beginning of winter. During the beginning of winter, there is a food custom that needs tonic to survive the severe winter.
Li, Jianshi also means that winter has begun since then. Winter means the end. It means to collect crops after harvest. China takes the beginning of winter as the beginning of winter.
In the beginning of winter, the upper westerly jet has been fully established in southern Asia. At this time, the intensity and eastward movement of the South Branch of the upper westerly wind have a great impact on the precipitation weather in the Jianghuai area. When the zonal circulation in the Asian region and the fluctuation of the South Branch of the west wind is strong, a wide range of cloudy and rainy weather will occur. In addition, the end of zonal circulation and meridional circulation will also be established, with cold wave and significant cooling.
Before and after the beginning of winter, precipitation in most parts of China decreased significantly. The land in northern China is frozen, and agricultural and forestry crops have entered the overwintering period. The "three autumn" in China's Jianghuai region is coming to an end. South China needs to rush to plant late winter wheat and quickly transplant rape. Southern China is the best time to plant wheat. In addition, after the beginning of winter, the air is generally getting drier and the soil contains less water. At this time, China began to pay attention to fire prevention in forest areas.
Introduction to Lidong
The beginning of winter is not only a time for harvest sacrifice and harvest banquet, but also a season of cold wind. There are 'October new moon', 'the first year of Qin', 'Hanyi Festival', 'harvest festival' and other customary activities. At this time, in the north, it is the Mengdong month of "water freezes and the earth begins to freeze", but in the south, it is a little sunny spring weather.
The beginning of winter is a big festival in October. During the Han and Wei dynasties, the son of heaven should personally lead his ministers to welcome the winter atmosphere, commend and compensate the martyrs who died for the country and their families, ask the dead to protect the living creatures, and encourage the people to resist the plundering and invasion of foreign enemies or evil bandits. There are customs such as ancestor worship, banquet and divination of the new year among Chinese people, and offer sacrifices to the ancestors with seasonal delicacies, so as to fulfill their obligations and responsibilities as future generations, Pray that God will give the next year's harvest, and the farmers themselves will be rewarded for drinking and rest.
Some Lidong customs have been changed and some have been followed up to now. Bu Sui Xiapu is called "ask Miao". On this day, the farmers led a group to ask the ancestors of the Sheren palace in Longshou mountain for their apologies for the coming year's harvest and held a harvest party. Some villages acted to thank God for the harvest. " In the beginning of winter, killing chickens and sheep or tonifying with other nutrients is called 'tonifying winter'. She mountaineering, field patrolling, and divination at the temple are called 'treasure hunting'.
In 1937, the people of the whole country rose up against Japan. On the day when the cold wind rises, Xiapu Chengguan vigorously carries out the activity of raising cold clothes, singing the trilogy of exile and the song of cold clothes. The solemn and desolate song affects the hearts of thousands of people. People along the street shed tears and donated materials and donations one after another. It has been more than 70 years since the feat of Hanyi Festival. The passionate scene of Xiapu people is still vivid today.