When winter hides all things and knows cold, the wind and snow are pleasant.
Start of Winter is the 19th solar term in the 24 solar terms and the first of the six winter solar terms. Start of winter means the beginning of winter, which means the official arrival of this year\'s winter, grass and trees wither, insects hibernate, and all things tend to rest.
The start of winter is divided into three penseasons: the first hou begins with water ice; The ground begins to freeze in the second Hou; Three pheasants entered the clam.
After the start of winter, The climate also changed from dry autumn to rainy winter.
Custom of Beginning of winter
Winter swimming
In order to celebrate the Start of winter in many places, winter swimming activities are also held to welcome the arrival of the Start of winter. Whether in the north or the south, winter swimming is a favorite way for people to exercise in winter.
Catch up on winter
On the day of Start of Winter, there is a folk custom of making up for winter, people will eat some nourishing food, such as chicken, duck and fish, etc., these foods will also be braised with herbs to supplement energy.
Eat dumplings
The original name of Jiaozi is said to be "Jiao \'er", which was first invented by Chinese medical sage Zhang Zhongjing. "Start of winter dumplings bowl, frozen ears no one tube." Start of winter means that winter is coming, it is cold, ears exposed to the outside is easy to get frostbite, so eat some dumplings that look like ears, mend the ears.
Offer sacrifices to ancestors and heaven
In old times, on the day of Start of Winter, people also held activities to worship their ancestors, kill chickens and sheep, and prepare seasonal delicacies. On the one hand, sacrifice ancestors to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of people\'s descendants; On the one hand, offering sacrifices to heaven, thanking God for the good harvest, and praying for the good weather in the coming year; And the wine and food after the sacrificial ceremony can also allow farmers who have worked hard for a year to reward themselves.
Start of winter health
Scientific supplement
After the start of winter, supplementation should give the stomach a gradual adaptation process, and it is best to eat mild peanut and red date soup, ginger beef stew, etc., to adjust the function of the spleen and stomach. In addition, drinking hot porridge in winter is also a good choice for health. Wheat porridge can nourish the heart and eliminate irritability, sesame porridge can benefit essence and Yin, radish porridge can eliminate phlegm, poria porridge can strengthen the spleen and stomach. According to the principle of nourishing Yin in autumn and winter and nourishing kidney in winter, you can eat more umami food in winter, such as kelp, seaweed and jellyfish, which has the effect of tonifying Yin and blood.
Keep out the cold and prevent disease
The winter climate is cold, easy to induce chronic disease recurrence or aggravation, should pay attention to cold and warm, especially to prevent the adverse stimulation of wind and cooling weather on the body, prepare emergency medicine. At the same time, we should also pay attention to cold resistance exercise, improve cold resistance and disease resistance, and prevent respiratory diseases.
Proper movement
Winter health should be appropriate exercise bones, sweat, so as to strengthen the body. Can choose some sports activities such as jogging, skating, dancing and playing with varying intensity, exercise the body to combine movement and movement, running exercise should only be slightly sweat for the degree, sweat more discouraged, contrary to the winter Yang hidden way.
Get enough sleep
Winter should not go out early in the morning late at night, offend cold Wei. Go to bed early to nourish Yang and get up late to strengthen Yin essence. Therefore, winter health to ensure adequate sleep, so beneficial to Yang hidden, Yin jin accumulation; After the start of winter, keep in mind "raising and storing".