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What are the solar terms in November?

Beginning of winter, Xiaoxue

1 1 month has two solar terms: beginning of winter and Xiaoxue. Beginning of winter is the nineteenth of the twenty-four solar terms. Bucket handle points to the northwest, and the longitude of the sun reaches 225. Every year, the solar calendar165438+1October 7-8. Beginning of winter is a seasonal solar term, which means that it has entered winter since then. Stand still, build the beginning; In winter, everything will be collected in the end. Beginning of winter means that anger begins to close and everything enters a state of recuperation. Its climate has gradually changed from dry autumn to rainy and cold winter.

After beginning of winter, the sunshine time will continue to shorten, and the noon sun height will continue to decrease. Because there is still some energy in the heat stored on the surface, it is generally not very cold in early winter; As time goes by, cold air activities become more and more frequent, and the downward trend of temperature accelerates.

Beginning of winter is the first solar term in winter, representing the beginning of winter. Beginning of winter is also one of the seasonal nodes that China people attach great importance to. This is a time to enjoy a bumper harvest and recuperate. Through the rest in winter, I look forward to a rich life in the coming year. Beginning of winter is one of the "four seasons and eight festivals" in ancient society, and it is a very important festival. In some parts of China, there are customs such as ancestor worship and drinking.

The beginning of winter customs

Eat dumplings

Gu Mingsi's homonym of "Jiaozi" means that beginning of winter is at the turn of autumn and winter. In the north, the custom in early winter is to eat jiaozi, because jiaozi looks like ears. People think that if you eat them, your ears won't catch a cold in winter.

winter swimming

Winter swimmers welcome the arrival of winter in this way in Harbin, Heilongjiang, Shangqiu, Henan, Yichun, Jiangxi and Wuhan, Hubei. Winter swimming is people's favorite exercise in winter, whether in the north or the south.

Fermented yellow rice wine

It is a traditional Shaoxing wine-making custom to start brewing yellow wine in beginning of winter that day. In winter, clear seawater and low temperature can make wine form a good flavor in the process of low temperature and long-term fermentation, which is the most suitable season for wine fermentation.

Minor Snow

Light snow is the twentieth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the second solar term in winter. The time is Gregorian calendar1October 22 or 23 165438, that is, when the sun reaches 240 degrees of the yellow meridian. Light snow is a solar term reflecting precipitation and temperature, and it is a solar term with high frequency of cold wave and strong cold air activity. The arrival of the light snow solar term means that the weather is getting colder and colder and the precipitation is gradually increasing.

This solar term is called light snow because "snow" is the product of cold weather. During this solar term, the climate is not deep and the precipitation is not great, so "light snow" is used to describe the climate characteristics during this solar term. "Light snow" is a metaphor, which reflects the active cold current and increased precipitation in this solar term, rather than the light snow under this solar term.

During the light snow solar term, a relatively stable meridional circulation has been established in East Asia, and low pressure or trough often appears in Siberia. When moving eastward, there will be a large-scale cold air heading south, and there will be a large-scale gale and cooling weather in the southeast of China.