What festival is the Winter Solstice in 2017? What are the farming arrangements for the winter solstice?
Ancient Chinese people invented the 24 solar terms for the sake of farming culture, which have been passed down to this day and are still used by many people. So what festival is the Winter Solstice in 2017? Let’s find out together. In the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, whether it is weddings or family affairs, everything is happy. The Fortune Teller website brings you the blessings of the winter month to bring you auspicious warmth. I wish you all the best!What festival is the Winter Solstice in 2017?December 22, 2017 is the annual winter solstice. On this day, the sun shines directly over the Tropic of Capricorn, and the daytime in the Northern Hemisphere is the shortest and the night is the longest. In the lunar calendar used in my country, the winter solstice is a very important solar term and also the earliest established solar term. People measured it as early as more than 2,500 years ago. In the folk solar terms, the winter solstice is also designated as the beginning of the coldest days of winter.In ancient my country, people attached great importance to the Winter Solstice and celebrated it as a major festival. There was a saying that "the Winter Solstice is as important as New Year's Day", and there was a custom of celebrating the Winter Solstice. The Book of Han said: "On the winter solstice, the yang energy rises and the emperor's reign is prolonged, so it is celebrated." People believed that after the winter solstice, the days would get longer and longer, and the yang energy would rise, marking the beginning of a solar term cycle and an auspicious day that should be celebrated. The Book of Jin also records that "On the winter solstice in the Wei and Jin dynasties, people from all countries and all officials congratulated them... The ceremony was inferior to that on New Year's Day." Nowadays, some places in our country still retain the tradition of celebrating the winter solstice as a festival. In the northern regions, there is a custom of slaughtering sheep, eating dumplings and wontons on the Winter Solstice. In the southern regions, there is a custom of eating Winter Solstice rice balls and long noodles on this day. Some regions also have the custom of offering sacrifices to the heavens and ancestors on this day. There are also some proverbs in our country that use the weather on the Winter Solstice to predict the temperature of the later period, such as "If the sun comes out on the Winter Solstice, cows will be frozen to death in the first month of the year" and "If it rains on the Winter Solstice, the next spring will be warm". Proverbs that use the wind direction at the winter solstice to predict the weather in the later period include "South wind at the winter solstice means cloudy days for a hundred days" and "A wind at the winter solstice means a storm at the summer solstice". Proverbs that use the temperature at the winter solstice to predict the weather in the later period include "Cold at the winter solstice but warm at the Spring Festival" and "It will be warm early next year". What are the farming arrangements for the winter solstice?After the winter solstice, although we have entered the "nine coldest days of winter", my country has a vast landform and the climate varies greatly from place to place: the Northeast is covered with ice for thousands of miles; the Huanghuai region is often covered with snow; the average temperature across the country is generally above 5°C at this time, and winter crops are still growing, with green vegetables and wheat; while the average temperature along the coast of South China is above 10°C, with birds singing and flowers blooming, as lively as spring.Usually, the period around the winter solstice is a good time to build water conservancy projects, carry out large-scale farmland infrastructure construction, and accumulate fertilizers. It is also necessary to apply fertilizers during the winter and do a good job of anti-freeze work. The management of winter crops in the Jiangnan region must be strengthened, and efforts must be made to clear ditches and drain water, and to cultivate the soil and roots. The unplowed winter fields must be plowed up as soon as possible to loosen the soil, enhance water storage and retention capacity, and eliminate overwintering pests. At this time, spring planting has already begun in the southern coastal areas, and adequate preparations have been made to protect the rice seedlings from the cold. For wintering vegetables, a thin layer of manure water should be applied and grass should be covered to keep warm and prevent frost. In particular, the wintering management of the seedbed should be strengthened; the winter feeding management of livestock and poultry should be strengthened, and the livestock houses should be repaired and the insulation should be strengthened to prevent cold. |
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