"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, because the sun point-blank at the tropic of Capricorn (also known as the tropic of Capricorn), 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 the "jiujiu 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 the beauty of spring; the bottom allied with" autumn qiu yuan hang fall persimmon chou-heung ", was a great 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 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.

　　“冬至”就是人們所說的“小年”，是我國廿四節(jié)氣之一，俗稱“冬節(jié)”。在這一天，因為太陽剛好直射在南回歸線(又稱為冬至線)上，使得北半球的白天最短，黑夜最長。

　　根據以前的傳統(tǒng)，人們在冬至這一天，會畫梅花一枝，素墨勾出九九八十一朵花。每天用紅筆或黑筆涂染一朵花瓣，花瓣涂盡了，九九八十一朵花出來了，春天也就到了，所以稱為”九九消寒圖”;也有的是橫十畫、豎十畫，制成一個九九八十一格的方塊圖表。每天涂抹一格、九盡格滿，稱為”九九消寒表”，民間還留有九九消寒圖民諺：“下點天陰上點晴，左風右霧雪中心。圖中點得墨黑黑，門外已是草茵茵。最文雅的是“九九消寒迎春聯(lián)”，是每聯(lián)九字，每字九畫，每天在上下聯(lián)各填一筆，如上聯(lián)寫有“春泉垂春柳春染春美”;下聯(lián)對以“秋院掛秋柿秋送秋香”，真是絕妙佳聯(lián)!

　　今天也是冬至，我吃了甜甜的湯圓，根據民間的說法，我又長了一歲。我按古人的方法，做了一張”九九消寒表”，等我把“九九消寒表”填完，那時候就會是百花盛開，百鳥爭鳴，一幅春天的景象又展現(xiàn)在眼前了。