Is it possible to get married during the Winter Solstice in 2017? What are the customs of the Winter Solstice?
Marriage is a major event in life. Therefore, in order to ensure that their marriage can be smooth and harmonious, Chinese people are particularly particular about the wedding date. Winter months are cold, but when everything goes well, they are the warmest days. The Fortune Teller website gives you the lunar calendar for November so that you can have an idea of what to do.Is it possible to get married during the Winter Solstice in 2017?According to our country's traditional culture, you are not allowed to get married during the winter solstice in 2017!1. The day before the Spring Equinox, Autumn Equinox, Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice among the 24 solar terms in each season is called the Four Separation Days. The four days of separation, which are the ten days that divide a season, were considered unlucky by the ancients. The day before the beginning of spring, summer, autumn and winter among the twenty-four solar terms in the four seasons is considered the four days of separation. The four Lis represent the beginning of the four seasons, and the four Jue represent the end of the four seasons. The ancients were afraid of exhaustion and concluded that it was unlucky. Therefore, if you do not choose the day among the four separation days or the four absolute days to do big things, it will generally be of no benefit. It is the day when new officials take over and old officials retire. Generally, there will be no one in charge, which is considered unlucky. It can be used as a day for job transfers. 2. The time of the winter solstice in 2017 is 00:27:53 on December 22, which is the fifth day of the eleventh month in the lunar calendar of 2017. According to the lunar calendar of the winter solstice in 2017, we know that day is not an auspicious day for marriage. 3. Winter Solstice, the 22nd solar term among the 24 solar terms. According to folk belief, the aura is in a chaotic state around the winter solstice, so this is not a good time to get married. What are the customs of the Winter Solstice?The Winter Solstice is also known as the "Winter Festival", "Longest Day Festival", "Second Year", etc. It is one of the 24 solar terms. Many places attach great importance to the Winter Solstice, and there is even a saying that "The Winter Solstice is as important as the New Year." There are many customs during the Winter Solstice, the earliest of which can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, and the latest ones were more common in the Tang and Song Dynasties. They are mainly reflected in food, such as eating dog meat, wontons, dumplings, glutinous rice balls, red bean porridge, millet rice cakes, and brewing wine.Eat dumplings, wontons or glutinous rice balls. On the day of winter solstice, people in the north eat wontons, people in the northwest eat dumplings, and people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang like to eat glutinous rice balls and mashong. The glutinous rice dumplings for the winter solstice are also called "winter solstice dumplings". There are two types of them: flour dumplings and tapioca balls. They are stuffed with lean meat, apples, bean paste, shredded radish, etc. "Qing Jia Lu" records: "The big ones with fillings are flour dumplings, which are the first offering to the winter solstice night sacrifice; the small ones without fillings are tapioca balls, which are the first offering to the gods on the winter solstice morning sacrifice." There is also a saying among the people that "eating glutinous rice dumplings will make you one year older." Dongzhi dumplings can be used to worship ancestors or as gifts to relatives and friends. In the past, Shanghai people were very particular about eating dumplings. There is an ancient poem that says, "Every family makes dumplings, knowing that it will be the winter solstice tomorrow." In Beijing, there is a saying that goes "eat wontons at the winter solstice and noodles at the summer solstice". There is a story behind this. According to legend, during the Han Dynasty, the Huns in the north often harassed the border and the people had no peace. Among them, there were two tribal leaders named Hun and Tun, who were extremely cruel. The people hated them so much that they wrapped meat filling into triangles, called them "wontons" using the sounds of "hun" and "tun" in Chinese, and ate them all with hatred. This is to express our hatred for them and hope to eliminate them as soon as possible. Since wontons were first made on the day of the winter solstice, it became popular to eat wontons on the winter solstice. I don't know whether this story is reliable. During the Song Dynasty, there was also a custom of eating wontons during the winter solstice in the then capital city of Hangzhou. A man named Zhou Mi said that Hangzhou people eat wontons during the winter solstice to pay homage to their ancestors. When it comes to ancestor worship, we have to talk about some places in Guangdong, where the custom of ancestor worship during the winter solstice is very popular. There is even a saying that "If you don't go home during the winter solstice, you will have no ancestors." Therefore, on the day of the winter solstice, those who are away from home should try their best to return home to celebrate the festival and worship their ancestors. The general custom is to cook sweet ball soup on the morning of the winter solstice to honor the ancestors, and then the whole family, young and old, eats the sweet ball soup for breakfast. Sweet balls (rice balls) are what "Qing Jia Lu" calls "small ones without fillings", similar to the small balls sold in shopping malls now. Some families also leave a few rice balls on the door after the meal, commonly known as "worshiping the door gods." For example, in Quanzhou, the Yuanxiao balls are called "head balls (round)" and the Winter Solstice balls are called "tail balls (round)". Since both the head and the tail are round, it means that everything will be perfect for the whole family throughout the year. Ancestors must be worshipped at noon, and the offerings must include meat, vegetables and five kinds of flavors; ancestors must be worshipped again at night, and the offerings must include tender pancakes and vegetables. Dumplings, according to legend, originated from the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing. (Please refer to the previous section “12. Why do we eat dumplings during the Spring Festival?”) According to the current custom in the north, dumplings are eaten during both the Winter Solstice and the Spring Festival. Some people call dumplings “flatbread” or “hot dumplings” and say that eating dumplings eaten during the Winter Solstice will not be afraid of the cold. In the Jiangnan area, there is a custom of the whole family gathering together to eat red bean glutinous rice on the night of the winter solstice. There is also a story behind this. According to legend, there was a man named Gonggong. His son was an untalented man who committed many evil deeds. He died on the day of the winter solstice and turned into a plague ghost, who continued to harm the people. However, this plague ghost is most afraid of red beans. Therefore, people cook red bean rice and eat it on the day of the winter solstice. This way they can drive away the plague ghost, prevent disasters and cure diseases. In addition, some places also like to eat rice cakes, buckwheat noodles, nine-layer cakes, etc. "Cake" is homophonic with "high", which means promotion step by step and good luck every year. In many places, it is popular to eat dog meat during the winter solstice. It is said that this started in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, ate dog meat cooked by Fan Sha on the day of winter solstice and found it tasted particularly delicious and praised it highly. Thus, the custom of eating dog meat during the winter solstice was formed among the people. Regardless of whether this legend is reliable, eating some dog meat in winter can indeed drive away the cold and warm the body. The Hakka people like to brew wine during the winter solstice, believing that the water during this time tastes the best, and that the wine brewed with it can be stored for a long time without spoiling, and is mellow, refreshing, and sweet. |
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