Chinanews client, Beijing, November 7th (Reporter Shangguanyun) To describe the winter weather, many people may say the word "cold".

According to the ancients, the arrival of Lidong means that winter has begun.

　　It is one of the "Four Hours and Eight Festivals" and there are many interesting customs.

Nowadays, although busy people don't have much time to follow the customs to spend Lidong, they still have their own warm memories.

Data map: Two snowfalls after the beginning of winter put "white clothes" on the Ma Ya Snow Mountain, and the scenery is intoxicating.

Photo by Zhang Wanli

Memories: Store Chinese cabbage for winter

　　Lidong is a solar term, and it is also a reminder: the cold winter is here, so be prepared for the winter.

　　Chen Yan has worked for a company in Beijing for many years.

She told a reporter from Chinanews.com that when she was a child, around Lidong, she always had to store some Chinese cabbage at home. Her father rode a bicycle to transport them back, neatly and neatly.

　　In those memories of Lidong, "eating" also occupies a certain position.

Chen Yan can always remember the smell of candied chestnuts and roasted sweet potatoes in the winter air, as well as candied haws and frozen persimmons, which are all favorite delicacies of childhood.

　　"There are few vegetables in winter, but my mother is the kind of person who tries to cook in a different way, and has the best taste under limited conditions." In her impression, winter is not monotonous.

　　For those who leave home to work in other areas after growing up, a meal at home when they were young may be a very warm memory.

Why eat dumplings?

　　After the beginning of winter, it means that the winter of this year is coming, the vegetation is withered, and the sting insects dormant.

Humans do not have the term hibernation, but they have the habit of "starting winter to replenish winter".

Data map: The picture shows the finished handmade dumplings.

Photo by Wang Haoyang

　　Foods used to "tonify winter" are generally high in calories, such as chicken, duck, fish, etc., and some are cooked with Chinese medicine to increase the effect of tonic.

In some places, Lidong will eat sugar cane and fried rice.

　　In the north, Lidong must eat dumplings.

Huang Feifei is born in the 90s and comes from Shandong.

She remembered that at Lidong, a plate of steaming dumplings must be placed on the table.

　　Dumpling fillings can have different choices such as cabbage.

"At that time, I felt very cold in winter. I ate a bowl of dumplings, dipped in garlic or vinegar, and another bowl of dumpling soup. It felt warm and delicious." Huang Feifei said, this is also an improvement in life.

　　She heard that people’s ears are prone to frostbite in winter. Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor, once wrapped medicinal materials in dough for patients to treat frostbite. He ate dumplings to commemorate him.

Dumplings and "Jiaozi" are pronounced similarly. Lidong means the turn of autumn and winter, so I have to eat dumplings.

Lidong must "make up the winter"

　　In fact, in the cognition of the ancients, Lidong has the meaning of time node.

Data map: Tourists sightseeing and taking photos in Huangling Ancient Village, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province.

It was the beginning of the winter solar term that day, and every family in the ancient village took advantage of the fine weather to produce autumn harvest crops such as peppers and corn.

Photo by Fang Huabin issued by China News Agency

　　On the day of Lidong, in ancient times, the emperor would have a gift to welcome the winter.

It is said that this etiquette can be traced back to the pre-Qin period.

For example, there are related records in "Lu Shi Chun Qiu".

　　Harvesting in autumn and hiding in winter, a year's hard work bears fruit.

Many customs of Lidong are reminding people that after a bumper harvest in autumn, winter is also a time to enjoy a bumper harvest and recuperate. Through the recuperation in winter, we look forward to prosperity in the future.

　　As mentioned earlier, the winter is severely cold, and people naturally need more nutrition.

Lidong is called "Yangdong" in some places, which means to nourish the body; or, in some places, stew pig's feet to eat, which is said to prevent frostbite of hands and feet in winter.

　　The time sequence alternates, and the seasons cycle.

As the beginning of winter is coming, when you are busy, you might as well occasionally slow down the pace of life appropriately and enjoy the quiet winter time.

(Chen Yan and Huang Feifei are pseudonyms) (End)