In this year, the winter solstice festival fall on the 21 December. Since today, the night is longest and the day is shortest in the northern hemisphere. For celebrating the festival, the families get together, making and eating dumplings in the northern of china, making and eating of Tangyuan or balls of glutinous rice, which symbolize reunion in the southern parts of China. It’s a custom and has a long history. In the western calendar, the winter solstice celebrate on 21 December or 22 December.
There spread a song “shu jiu ge” is started since the winter solstice.
“Shu Jiu Ge” is an ancient Chinese people’s image description of the 81 days after the winter Solstice, which is also the coldest period of the year. In this cold season, which is “the most difficult to rest”, people count by nine days. “Shu Jiu ge” describes people’s feeling of cold and the change of phenology
From the day of the winter solstice festival, every nine days as a count.
The song is as below:
The first nine days and second nine days, don’t make your hands outside. ( it means that your hands will feel cold at this time)
The third nine days and forth nine days, you can walk on the ice. ( it mean that the river are deeply freeze).
The fifth nine days and sixth nine days, you will see the willows start to grow new sprouts.
The seventh nine days, the river will be unfreeze.
The eighth nine days, the wild goose will come back north of china from southern.
The ninth nine days plus nine days, you will see the cattle plough the land. (it’s time for farmer sowing seed).
Every festival is a kind of cultural inheritance.
They embody human intelligence and respect for nature.
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Post time: Jan-07-2022