Start of Winter
In ancient times, the Chinese
people took the Start of Winter to be the beginning of the winter. However, in
fact, the Start of Winter is not the beginning of winter in terms of
meteorology. The climate every year is different, so the beginning of winter could
be quite different. And with the vast territory of China, winter of every area
doesn’t begin at the same time.
There are different customs in
different parts of China on this day.
Today there is still a saying that
goes “Eat dumplings on Start of Winter Day, or your ears will be frostbitten”.
On the first day of Start of
Winter, there is a custom, "nourishing the winter", in Southeast
China in places such as Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan provinces. To prepare for
the oncoming cold winter, people there like to eat high-calorie food.
In Tianjin, on the first day of
Start of Winter, people eat dumplings stuffed with Chinese pumpkins (wogua).
On the first day of Start of
Winter, people in Wuxi have a custom of eating tuanzi, a kind of traditional
Chinese food made with rice.
JADEVER has a warm atmosphere in
the gradually cold weather. JADEVER reminds all employees and customers to add
more clothes to keep warm.