Beginning of winter, what does an old Beijinger pay attention to?

I don't know how far I was from here when I was a child before beginning of winter in the sixties and seventies. We must do these things well first. The first is to repair the stove. Buy chimneys, buy honeycomb briquettes. Seal the seams of the window, causing serious air leakage in the rear window. Stare out with plastic sheets. Buy stored cabbage. Buy green onions. Parents will buy or make cotton-padded jackets, trousers and shoes. The beginning of winter. Is Bao jiaozi. Nothing else, just cabbage and pork. There is not much meat. Buy fat ones from the grocery store. Eat jiaozi in early winter. Even in winter.

All festivals, eat jiaozi, hahahaha.

Note that it is relative, provided that conditions permit attention. This has nothing to do with where people are and what solar terms are. What should I pay attention to when I am poor enough to eat? What to wear?

Beginning of winter is an important solar term, which indicates the coming of winter and is a turning point from autumn to winter. This season is not only the difference between autumn and winter, but also a day to reward yourself for rest. There is a saying in the twenty-four solar terms that "winter is the end and everything is harvested." Beginning of winter solar terms mean harvest in autumn and storage in winter. In the past, China was an agricultural society. Farmers who have worked for a year also harvest food in autumn, and small animals should be prepared for hibernation. With the arrival of the solar terms in beginning of winter, flowers and trees wither, insects lurk, and all activities tend to stop, so as to save energy for hibernation in the coming year. People take advantage of early winter breaks, kill chickens and sheep in early winter, or eat other nutritional supplements to repay their families' hard work in the past year. There is a proverb "beginning of winter fills the winter and fills the mouth", which is a good example.

The proverb "beginning of winter fills the winter and fills the mouth."

In ancient times, migrant workers worked for a year, so they took advantage of beginning of winter to rest and rewarded their families for their hard work. On this day in early winter, chickens and sheep are slaughtered or supplemented with other nutrients.

The folk customs in northern beginning of winter are: winter tonic, winter swimming, burning incense, welcoming the winter by the emperor, folk wintering, brewing yellow wine, eating jiaozi, instant-boiled mutton and so on.

Now beginning of winter in the north of China wants to eat jiaozi, especially Beijingers like to eat jiaozi. Why does beginning of winter eat jiaozi? The term "sexual intercourse time" comes into being because of the intercourse. New Year's Eve is the alternation of the old year and the new year, and beginning of winter is the alternation of autumn and winter, so jiaozi must eat it while having sex. Beginning of winter, an old Beijinger, and jiaozi, who pays attention to eating pumpkin stuffing, also called wogua, are common vegetables in the north. In summer, pumpkins are usually stored in huts or windowsills to dry and saccharify for a period of time, and then used as dumpling stuffing in early winter. Rub pumpkin into stuffing and wrap it directly in vegetarian stuffing, jiaozi. Some people like to add eggs or meat and stuffing. Jiaozi stuffed with pumpkin dipped in vinegar and garlic paste is quite authentic. Now people have slowly restored and continued some customs of the older generation. On this day in early winter, almost every family will eat jiaozi.

Old Beijingers have a custom: "beginning of winter fills the winter, not the mouth." Beginning of winter wants to eat jiaozi shaped like an ear. After eating jiaozi, my ears won't be cold this winter. There are also some places that want to eat mutton pots. Mutton is warmed. Eat it and it won't be cold all winter.

Beginning of winter is an important solar term in October, so how did beginning of winter get this solar term? During the Han and Wei Dynasties, Emperor Tiandi personally led the ministers to meet the cold winter, commended and compensated the martyrs who died for their country and their families, begged the deceased to save their lives, and encouraged the people to resist the plunder and invasion of foreign enemies or evil bandits. Han people have the customs of ancestor worship, feasting, divination, etc. They pray God for a bumper harvest in the coming year, and farmers themselves will drink and rest on this day.

Beginning of winter means the coming of winter, which is the turning point from autumn to winter. This season is not only the difference between autumn and winter, but also a day to reward yourself for rest. There is a saying in the twenty-four solar terms that "winter is the end and everything is harvested." Beginning of winter solar terms mean harvest in autumn and storage in winter. In the past, China was an agricultural society. Farmers who have worked for a year also harvest food in autumn, and small animals should be prepared for hibernation. With the arrival of the solar terms in beginning of winter, flowers and trees wither, insects lurk, and all activities tend to stop, so as to save energy for hibernation in the coming year. People take advantage of early winter breaks, kill chickens and sheep in early winter, or eat other nutritional supplements to repay their families' hard work in the past year. There is a proverb "beginning of winter fills the winter and fills the mouth", which is a good example.

Now beginning of winter in the north of China wants to eat jiaozi, especially Beijingers like to eat jiaozi. Why does beginning of winter eat jiaozi? The term "sexual intercourse time" comes into being because of the intercourse. New Year's Eve is the alternation of the old year and the new year, and beginning of winter is the alternation of autumn and winter, so jiaozi must eat it while having sex. Beginning of winter, an old Beijinger, and jiaozi, who pays attention to eating pumpkin stuffing, also called wogua, are common vegetables in the north. In summer, pumpkins are usually stored in huts or windowsills to dry and saccharify for a period of time, and then used as dumpling stuffing in early winter. Rub pumpkin into stuffing and wrap it directly in vegetarian stuffing, jiaozi. Some people like to add eggs or meat and stuffing. Jiaozi stuffed with pumpkin dipped in vinegar and garlic paste is quite authentic. Now people have slowly restored and continued some customs of the older generation. On this day in early winter, almost every family will eat jiaozi.