"Winter solstice" is what people call the "off-year", is one of the 24 solar terms in China, commonly known as the "holiday". On this day, makes the day was shortest in the northern hemisphere, the longest night.
According to the old tradition, people in the winter solstice this day, will be a picture of plum, tick the pigment ink 9980 a flower. Every day in red or black pen paint a flower petals, petals coating done, 9980 a flower out, spring has arrived, so called "jiujiu away cold figure"; Also have a plenty of cross ten paint, vertical, made into a square that is JiuJiuBaShiYi lattice charts. Daub a tile, nine full every day, known as "Yang cold table elimination", folk is left jiujiu cold figure proverb: "the next day Yin points clear, left the wind right snow fog center. Figure midpoint jet black, is outside the door." The most cultured is "jiujiu away cold meet Spring Festival couplets", is nine word, every nine to draw every word, every day in different fill a ShangXiaLian, such as written with "spring waters hanging spring LiuChun dye spring beauty"; Bottom allied with "autumn qiu yuan hang fall persimmon chou-heung", was marvelous best union!
Today is the winter solstice, I eat sweet dumplings, according to the folk belief, I again long one year old. I made a according to the ancients, the method of "jiujiu away cold table", etc. I put the fill out "jiujiu cold table elimination", at that time would be flowers in full bloom, birds schools of thought contend, a picture of a spring scene before again.
