二十四節(jié)氣之立冬和小雪

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每年的公歷11月7 ～ 8日，我們會(huì)迎來立冬這一節(jié)氣。立冬是二十四節(jié)氣中的第19個(gè)節(jié)氣，也是冬季的第一個(gè)節(jié)氣，寓意著冬天的開始?！墩f文解字》中將“冬”字解釋為“四時(shí)盡也”，即把冬季看作一年四個(gè)季節(jié)的終點(diǎn)。立冬時(shí)節(jié)的到來，敲響了“萬物收藏”的第一聲鐘響。

Every year， on November 7th to 8th of theGregorian calendar， we usher in the solar termknown as Lidong， or the Beginning of Winter. Itis the 19th of the 24 solar terms and marks thebeginning of winter. In Shuowen Jiezi （Originof Chinese Characters）， the Chinese dictionarycompiled during the Eastern Han Dynasty， thecharacter for “winter” is interpreted as “the endof the four seasons，” which positions winteras the culminating point of the year’s seasonalprogression. The arrival of Lidong signals thefirst chime for the “harvesting of all things.”

立冬，是“迎冬”的時(shí)節(jié)。（剩余3631字）