The weather after winter

It's getting colder and colder on the solstice after winter.

It has been a cold day in China since the winter of November. From the winter of the solstice, every nine days count as a "nine", and until the "nine-nine" is the eighty-first day, the weather will get warmer.

In ancient times, especially in northern China, the conditions for working people to keep warm from the cold were simpler than their descendants. Winter is regarded as a threat and punishment, which directly affects people's mood and even makes them feel that winter is inexplicably long. At that time, in order to survive the long winter, the people of China invented the method of "counting nine" to pass the time, so as to alleviate the psychological crisis under the threat of winter.

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The winter solstice is not only an important solar term in the China lunar calendar, but also an important traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Ancient people thought that the solar terms from the winter solstice were the starting point for calculating the 24 solar terms in China. Because the solstice of winter is coming, the New Year is just around the corner.

Therefore, the ancients believed that the solstice in winter was as important as the New Year. There is a saying among the people that the solstice in winter is as big as a year. This means that the customs and habits of the winter solstice are almost the same as those of the New Year.

Winter solstice is the most important solar term in health preservation, mainly because "winter solstice is born by the sun". Ancient health care attached great importance to the birth of Yang. People think that when Yang is born, it should be carefully protected and nursed back to health, just like farmers' seedling raising and women's pregnancy, so as to make it grow sturdily. Because only when the yang in the human body is sufficient will the purpose of getting rid of diseases and prolonging life be achieved.

The diet in winter solstice should follow the old adage of "nourishing yin in autumn and winter", "not disturbing yang", "tonifying deficiency and warming cold". Eating less is cold, but it is not suitable for hot and dry. Overeating spicy food can only produce yang fire, leading to internal heat stagnation.

Fat, sweet and thick taste can easily lead to indigestion and wet phlegm. It is advisable to eat a diet with high calorie, nourishing yin and strengthening yang, and eat more fresh vegetables to avoid vitamin deficiency. ?

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