二十四节气之立冬和小雪

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每年的公历11月7 ～ 8日，我们会迎来立冬这一节气。立冬是二十四节气中的第19个节气，也是冬季的第一个节气，寓意着冬天的开始。《说文解字》中将“冬”字解释为“四时尽也”，即把冬季看作一年四个季节的终点。立冬时节的到来，敲响了“万物收藏”的第一声钟响。

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”的时节。（剩余3631字）