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Years ago, China and Thailand signed an agreement on mutual visa exemption, which will take effect on March 1. In this way, the number of countries that have fully exempted visas from China has increased to 23:

Seven Asian countries: Thailand, Singapore, Maldives, Kazakhstan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Armenia;

Five European countries: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and San Marino;

Seven countries in America: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Dominica, Ecuador, Grenada and Suriname;

2 countries in Oceania: Fiji and Tonga;

Two countries in Africa: Mauritius and Seychelles.

Among them, three countries were newly added in 2024, except Thailand, Singapore, and Antigua and Barbuda, which was originally unilaterally exempted from visas to China, and signed the visa waiver document at the end of January this year.

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Antigua and Barbuda, referred to as Anba for short, is located in the northeast of the Caribbean and is a member of the Commonwealth. The whole country has only three islands, namely Antigua, Barbuda and Redonda.

This island country is deeply loved by the world’s richest people and is known as the "back garden of North America". It has hundreds of different types of beaches, including a 17-mile-long pink coastline, and international rowing competitions are held irregularly every year.

Most of the residents of Anba are descendants of African blacks. They are reasonable and courteous, and there is almost no loud noise in the street. Cars don’t honk and rush. The small double-decker buildings in the capital St. John are arranged along the street in an orderly manner.

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During his visit to China, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda stated that "Antigua and Barbuda is willing to be a link between China and the Caribbean", and when faced with foreign media’s doubts about the decision to open an embassy in China, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda solemnly cleared China’s name.

At present, the transportation from China to Anba is not very convenient, so let’s take a look at the beautiful scenery of this friendly country first ~

Port St. John

St John’s Port is the capital port of Antigua and Barbuda, and tens of thousands of people come and go here every year just for a quiet holiday.

There are not many high-rise buildings here, but brightly colored huts and white baroque church towers are dotted among them, giving you a pleasant leisure under the palm trees and sunshine.

You can change into a beach skirt, recline in the lounge chairs scattered on the beach, look at the shipyard near the port and the bay full of sailboats and yachts, or climb Shirley Heights to overlook the whole island. The blue sea is full of white sails, and the mountains on the shore are endless. The meeting of mountains and the sea has become an unforgettable sight.

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Darkwood Beach

There are more than 300 different types of beaches in Antigua and Barbuda, and Darkwood Beach is one of the undeveloped beaches, but it is deeply loved by local people and foreign tourists.

The beach is located in the west of Antigua, with convenient transportation. The undeveloped original ecological landscape makes the deep blue sea and the white beach clearly defined, which is full of a sense of magic.

Many people like to sunbathe here and spend the whole day. After the sun sets, the orange glow of the sunset is reflected on the coastal beach, which seems to have strayed into the wonderful fairy tale world.

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Banyuewan Beach

As the name suggests, Half Moon Bay is surrounded by crescent-shaped fine sand and blue sea, and it has an idyllic scenery like a crescent moon resting at the southeast end of Antigua.

Underwater is a gorgeous coral reef with different postures, and the water surface is a natural plant that grows wantonly. When it is calm, it is very suitable for snorkeling and exploring the underwater scenery of the Caribbean.

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Devil bridge

"Devil’s Bridge" is a natural limestone arch carved by the powerful waves of the Atlantic Ocean, where the waves roll and are spectacular.

However, under the beautiful scenery, there are some blood and tears. It is said that during the British colonial period, many oppressed slaves lost their lives here. Every pothole in limestone is a memory of that period of history, and under the scouring of sea breeze and waves, it tells the past.

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Pink beach

When the deep blue meets the hazy powder, this pink beach in Antigua and Barbuda is enough to capture the hearts of all girls.

After the local endemic foraminifera were hit by waves and fish, they fell on the beach in groups, and their remains were weathered, washed and piled up, creating a magical and magnificent pink beach. Walking barefoot on the beach, the sea glides over the feet, and the blue and pink blend, hazy and dreamy.

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　　The 2022 Sina Fashion Beauty Word-of-Mouth List was announced as a style award list, aiming at establishing industry influence, leading new trends in the beauty field, and providing the public with an authoritative guide to the consumption of beauty products in 2022.

　　The list focuses on six categories of beauty products: skin care, make-up, hairdressing, fragrance, personal care and medical beauty. Recommended by independent brand registration, experts in the beauty industry, etc., and screened by Weibo Big Data, 44 selected products were selected from more than 400 items, and entered the stage of national referendum. Finally, 10 items on the list were produced by integrating Weibo Big Data, netizens’ voting and the opinions of the 100-V jury, ranking in no particular order. Let’s see what good beauty products stand out this year!

　　Skin care articles-

　　In recent years, people’s demand for skin care has become more and more refined, and high-energy efficacy skin care products and ingredient party skin care products have been sought after by everyone. Compared with brands and sales, people pay more and more attention to efficacy and whether it really suits their skin. On the basis of repairing and protecting barriers, they choose skin care products more pertinently.　　

　　Skin care products with anti-aging effect have always been the mainstream of high demand, especially with the anti-aging and rejuvenation, more and more young people join the anti-aging team, and products with anti-aging effect while nourishing skin are very popular. Among them, Whoo Tianlv Dan and Lilv Lotion, which have nourishing, firming and anti-aging effects, stand out, and Dior’s reversal cream has also attracted attention with its breakthrough age-hiding technology.

　　In addition to natural skin aging, skin problems caused by external environment and stress are also worthy of attention. fresh volcanic tea essence can effectively resist the impact of daily stress that causes signs of skin aging and has become the love of migrant workers.

　　Firming and nourishing skin and water emulsion award

　　Whoo

　　Tian Lu Dan and Lu Ti La nourishing liquid+nourishing milk

　　Effectively tighten and lift, and carve the side face. Suitable for people with anti-aging needs such as 28+, decreased compactness and facial sagging. Adopt exclusive luxury ingredients: harmonious complex and Zhengui Sichuan grass flower. Selection of various Dendrobium plants and extractions based on the harmonious and clear complex can effectively improve the moisture density and lifting state of the skin, and endow the skin with full hydration and compactness. The vitality of Sichuan grass flowers, which only blooms one day a year, can effectively solve skin problems such as dullness and relaxation, maintain skin elasticity and sculpt young contours.

　　It absorbs quickly and has a tender and rich nourishing feeling. The texture is refreshing and soft, and the luster is lifted and tightened, which provides deep moisturizing and rejuvenation, and at the same time contributes to the absorption of subsequent skin care products, and luxuriously nourishes dazzling and exquisite skin.

　　Zhuo Xiao Huan Yan Jing Award

　　Fu lei Shi fresh

　　Tea fragrance essence empowering essence dew (volcanic tea essence)

　　Stress attacks in daily life, such as lack of sleep, poor diet and seasonal changes, will lead to signs of skin aging, slow down the energy operation mechanism of skin, reduce the self-protection of skin against free radicals, and eventually lead to the loss of "toughness" of skin: rough skin, fine lines, coarse pores, skin loss of elasticity, dull and dull. Volcanic tea essence can enhance skin toughness, resist the influence of daily pressure that causes signs of skin aging, effectively reduce fine lines and wrinkles, make skin smoother, more shiny and more elastic, and reshape youth.

　　Fresh Frestech Research Laboratory overcomes the cutting-edge cell decomposition and extraction method, and accurately extracts the adaptive phytochemicals in volcanic tea, that is, the high-concentration and precious ingredient APT tea extracts muscle energy to adjust technology, and its function is to revitalize skin cell energy and provide excellent antioxidant capacity. In addition to this powerful tea from Mauritius, the essence of fresh freshi volcanic tea also contains nicotinamide, which can fine pores and even skin; 5kDA micro-molecular hyaluronic acid is used to deeply replenish water and dilute fine lines and wrinkles; Ceramide III strengthens the skin barrier, making it tender and moist; And deep-sea giant algae can delicate skin and improve roughness.

　　Scientific research breakthrough anti-aging cream award

　　Dior Dior

　　Flower secret rose extract cream (reverse cream)

　　Dior Dior Reversing Cream was inspired by glanville rose with extraordinary rejuvenation ability, and combined with scientific discovery, it achieved obvious triple aging effect!

　　Dior Dior Reversal Cream contains compound rose peptides, which promotes the breakthrough of hidden age technology and marks the first step for Dior Dior to enter the field of hidden age. Newly poured compound rose peptide can reduce the signal of cell aging, resist cell aging at the root, and open a new realm of skin aging: 1. Deep aging, stable collagen matrix, 3 times collagen type I, 6 times collagen type VII; 2, shallow age, promoting cell rejuvenation and filling the skin; 3, the surface layer is hidden, promoting ceramide production and strengthening the barrier. 94% of the formula comes from natural ingredients, and its texture is light and silky. It has been carefully controlled by Dior’s six formula steps and different temperatures. Keep the moisture inside the skin, and make the skin stand firm.

　　Make-up articles-

　　New products are constantly changing, and the amount of high-value cross-boundaries is endless. Today’s makeup market is getting more and more volume! To achieve effective makeup, it is inseparable from the really easy-to-use word-of-mouth cosmetics. How to become an explosion recommended by beauty bloggers, easy to use and not picky about skin quality must be the first. In addition, the stylish appearance is also a plus item.

　　This year’s makeup is particularly popular with natural textures, such as boiled water makeup, and the makeup that focuses on natural makeup is easier to get out of the circle. The YSL powder air cushion, which creates the natural beauty of water, has become the top1 of the base makeup category, and the new product of natural fog eyebrow makeup, Bei Lingfei eyebrow pencil, has also become an explosion. Chanel tweed four-color eye shadow 02, which continues Chanel fashion design, also stands out because of its beautiful color matching.

　　Light and flawless air cushion award

　　Yves Saint Laurent ysl

　　Bright colored powder light cushion liquid foundation (powder air cushion)

　　YSL Saint Laurent powder air cushion is packed with cold glacier powder leather and matched with classic Saint Laurent powder gold. Compared with YSL Saint Laurent leather air cushion, the thickness is reduced by one-third, and the lightweight essence is restored. Clean magnetic attraction design, easy to open and take, with an uninhibited posture, always explore the natural makeup feeling.

　　Lightly repeated, it is flawless: it has the concealing power beyond liquid foundation. Cream-like powder cream is evenly powdered through silk micro-mesh, and the powder becomes more and more delicate. The flawless base makeup bid farewell to the massiness, and you can quickly create a perfect makeup by tapping. Water feeling is not sticky: water feeling film-forming technology perfectly balances the proportion of hydration and film-forming. 60%+skin nourishing essence’+’respiratory protective film’, which can wrap the skin easily, instantly moisturize, refresh and not stick. Clean powder light: YSL powder air cushion adopts three-dimensional light-chasing technology. Just as the first ray of sunshine at sunrise shines on the face, the skin is awakened to be born bright. In an instant, the sense of neatness is clear, and the powder light appears.

　　Fashion design eye shadow award

　　CHANEL Chanel

　　Tweed four-color eye shadow color number 02(TWEED eye shadow)

　　For Chanel brand, tweed is full of infinite possibilities, which brings unparalleled creative freedom and deduces endless shapes, colors and styles. Chanel Makeup Creative Studio draws inspiration from this brand’s iconic fabric to create the 2022 eye makeup series. The style essence of tweed is once again interpreted in a new way, and it is limited to creating four-color eye shadow!

　　Tweed, woven eyes look beautiful. The new 2022 eye makeup series introduces four limited creations, and the surface of each tone is decorated with textured relief patterns of tweed. Four groups of harmonious color matching vividly show the characteristics of fabrics. Just as tweed is woven with numerous and varied silk threads, the color of eye shadow can be adjusted and matched, and it is suitable for shades, giving a fashionable and bold makeup effect. Pink and lavender with different shades of color number 02 wander between softness and beauty, creating a gorgeous makeup with luster like satin.

　　Natural texture eyebrow pencil award

　　Bei lingfei benefit

　　Automatic meniscus eyebrow pencil at every moment of eyebrow.

　　Point-line-surface to create a variety of velvet fog eyebrows-"one multi-purpose": point, meniscus eyebrow pencil nib, to create root hair flu. The line, the inclined plane of the meniscus eyebrow pencil, fits the curve of the eyebrow, and the pen becomes a front. Face, the pen face where the curves intersect, naturally develops color and fills the gap between the eyebrows, forming a velvet eyebrow.

　　Hairdressing articles-

　　Hair loss, king of hair volume and fluffy feeling are the most frequently mentioned words in recent years. Shampooing is no longer a simple cleaning process, but pays more attention to the maintenance of scalp hair quality. With its refreshing and abundant strength, Swarovski fluffy pink bottle has become a one pick for netizens.

　　Exquisite and abundant care award

　　Schwarzkopf

　　Fengying Tough Care Series (fluffy powder bottle)

　　There are many possibilities of "healing" beauty by lifting the flat seal. Schwartz fluffy pink bottle specializes in developing root standing technology to relieve the three flat seal inflammation, and let it be "beautiful" for a day, with full charm! Let the people with greasy and flat scalp feel relaxed and carefree, let the people with soft and flat hair feel strong and confident, and let the girls with fragile and flat hair feel comfortable and beautiful.

　　Fragrance articles-

　　Perfume represents everyone’s temperament, taste and mood. Nowadays, a small number of fragrances have sprung up in the fragrance market. People pay more attention to personality, attitude and sense of story when choosing perfume, and place more emotions on perfume. The Valentino Day Rose, which shines with confidence, charm and gorgeous self, is such a bottle of fragrance with attitude.

　　Extraordinary charm perfume award

　　Valentino Valentino

　　Lovers perfume day rose

　　The brand-new Valentino couple perfume, White Rose, is an exclusive rose garden for Valentino women, and it is also a colorful business card for daydreamers who are born and gorgeous. The top note of perfume is paved with hand-picked bergamot in Calabria, southern Italy, which awakens the senses with its rich aroma and collides with the vitality and enthusiasm of fiore lemon in primo, Italy, adding fragrance. Litchi is sweet and mixed with citrus fragrance, sweet but not greasy. The middle tone of perfume is the home of roses. Extract thousands of rose essences, seal them in bottles, and restore the most authentic rose shadow. In the tail tone, the white musk with skin texture and the fragrant Damascus rose blend dreamily, and the pure soap fragrance and sweet charm are intertwined layer by layer, as if blossoming roses in the body, blooming with extraordinary confidence and charm from the inside out.

　　A protective article-

　　Exquisite girls can not only look at their faces, but also care for the whole body, especially delicate lips. Hailan Mystery Lip Moisturizing Cream won the first place in the category of care products with its excellent use experience and repair effect.

　　Soothing lip cream award

　　Blue mystery LA MER

　　Lip cream

　　Sea Blue Mystery Repair Lip Cream is unique in mint fragrance, moisturizing and repairing, cool and soothing, with a touch of repair and drying, which keeps lips soft, fresh and lasting moist, lights up the moist and radiant lips, and with the sweet breath like mint chocolate, lips are tender and shiny.

　　Medical beauty articles-

　　With the diversification of ways to change beauty, people pay more and more attention to the medical beauty industry, and the people who consider medical beauty develop from a very small group to the general public, especially the non-surgical "Light medical cosmetology". Medical beauty is not only a way to improve facial defects, more and more people choose to make their skin better through Light medical cosmetology project, and Light medical cosmetology has become a common skin improvement step as well as skin care.

　　In choosing medical beauty projects, besides considering formal institutions and professional doctors, a medical beauty product with full sense of technology, safety and peace of mind is also very important. Restylane Dingcai cross-linked sodium hyaluronate gel for injection is well recognized by consumers.

　　Innovative technology medical beauty award

　　Restylane Dingcai Restylane Defyne

　　Cross-linked sodium hyaluronate gel for injection (OBT dynamic hyaluronic acid)

　　Restylane Dingcai Restylane Defyne cross-linked sodium hyaluronate gel for injection, using the new OBT gel technology, has performed well in supporting and shaping. It is used to improve moderate and severe nasolabial groove, and provides a solution for maintaining dynamic natural facial expression and facial shaping by virtue of its excellent supporting force and stretching force.

　　Restylane decided to adopt the unique OBT excellent balanced gel technology, which has both G’ value and xStrain value of hyaluronic acid gel, so that it has excellent molding force and tensile force. Dynamic modeling, blooming. At the same time, it is also the first hyaluronic acid in the world to use five dynamic expressions to evaluate the effect after injection, and 97% of the subjects feel that their smiles are more touching. Highly satisfied with the natural effect, 95% of the subjects were satisfied with the natural effect after injection.

　　Ok, the complete list of 2022 beauty word-of-mouth list is here. Please continue to pay attention to Sina Fashion # Beauty Word-of-mouth List # for more exciting!

Original Jasen Public Welfare Times Zhonghua Caixun

World Consumer Rights Day

It’s another year of International Consumer Rights Day. Without any accident, today’s hot search seat has been booked by CCTV 315 party.

Every year 315, there is a hot search every year! What are you concerned about this year?

This morning, the circle of friends in the industry was screened by the article "3 15 | China Welfare Lottery, Responsibility First, Integrity First". As the article said, in the lottery industry, lottery players are both practitioners of public welfare and consumers. Then let’s talk about the rights and interests of lottery consumers!

As we all know, consumers’ rights and interests refer to the rights and interests that consumers enjoy in accordance with the law when they receive goods or services for compensation, and in a certain period of time. It is a right given to the end users of goods to meet the objective needs of economic operation under certain social and economic relations. As early as the early 1960s, the International Consumers’ Union had determined that consumers had nine basic rights, such as the right to security, the right to know the truth, the right to choose independently, the right to fair trade, and the right to supervise and criticize. China’s Consumer Protection Law also affirmed these rights of consumers.

Then, in the lottery industry, how are the lottery consumers’ rights and interests reflected in the lottery related laws and regulations?

1. Right to security: refers to the right of consumers to protect their personal and property safety from damage when purchasing or using commodities or receiving services.

There is no doubt about this. Lottery players, whether buying lottery tickets or accepting redemption services, have the right to protect their personal and property safety.

In order to protect the personal and property safety of lottery winners, Article 27 of the Regulations on Lottery Management stipulates that lottery issuers, lottery sales organizations, lottery agents and other personnel who know the personal information of lottery winners due to their positions or business convenience shall keep the personal information of lottery winners confidential; Article 43 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Regulations on Lottery Management also stipulates that lottery issuers, lottery sales organizations, lottery agents and their staff members shall not ask lottery winners to donate winning prizes for any reason and in any way against their own wishes.

Therefore, if you encounter personal and property safety damage when buying lottery tickets, it may be a "black shop", please call the police immediately.

2. Right to know the truth: it is the right of consumers to know the real situation of the goods they buy or use or the services they receive.

Lottery issuance aims at public welfare, and lottery buyers are doing public welfare. Therefore, lottery players’ right to know has always been a right stipulated in lottery laws and regulations. With the expansion of lottery issuance and sales scale and the lottery public welfare fund playing an increasingly important role in social welfare and public welfare undertakings, the implementation of lottery players’ right to know has attracted more and more attention.

There are many provisions on lottery consumers’ right to know the truth in the Regulations on Lottery Management. For example, Article 11 stipulates that if the lottery varieties are approved to be opened or stopped or the examination and approval items of lottery varieties are changed, the lottery issuing institution shall announce the relevant information to the public 10 natural days before the opening, change and suspension. Article 24 stipulates that lottery issuing institutions and lottery sales institutions shall, after the sales of each lottery, announce the sales of the current lottery and the lottery results to the public in a timely manner. Article 36 stipulates that the management and use units of lottery public welfare funds shall be subject to the supervision of financial departments, audit institutions and the public according to law; Units that manage and use lottery public welfare funds shall announce the use of public welfare funds to the public every year. Article 37 stipulates that the financial departments of the State Council and the people’s governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall report to the people’s governments at the corresponding levels on the collection, distribution and use of lottery public welfare funds in the previous year, and make an announcement to the public.

The detailed rules for the implementation of the lottery management regulations have refined these regulations. For example, Article 31 stipulates that lottery issuers and lottery sales organizations shall announce to the public the sales volume, winning amount, prize pool fund balance and adjustment fund balance of each lottery variety in the previous year before May 31 each year. Article 39 stipulates that lottery issuing agencies and lottery sales agencies shall timely, accurately and completely announce the lottery sales and lottery draws in the current period to the public, including: (1) the name of the lottery game, the date or issue number of the lottery; (two) the current lottery sales amount; (3) The lottery results of the current period; (four) the balance of the prize pool funds; (5) the redemption period.

The right to know the truth is not only an urgent right for lottery consumers, but also a right for the public to the lottery industry.

3. Independent choice: consumers have the right to choose their own goods or services.

In China, lottery sales adhere to the principle of voluntary purchase by lottery players. When buying lottery tickets, lottery players have the right to choose which games to bet on and which games not to bet on, and they can also refuse the bundled sales and forced buying and selling of lottery agents.

Article 2 of the Regulations on Lottery Management clearly stipulates that the lottery mentioned in this Regulation refers to the certificate that the state issues and sells according to law in order to raise social welfare funds and promote the development of social welfare undertakings, and natural persons purchase it voluntarily and get the chance to win the prize according to specific rules. At the same time, Article 18 also stipulates that lottery issuers, lottery sales agencies and lottery agents shall not make false or misleading propaganda, and shall not engage in unfair competition by means of slandering peers.

4. Fair trade right: refers to the right of consumers to obtain fair trade such as quality assurance, reasonable price and correct measurement when purchasing goods or receiving services.

Article 4 of the Regulations on Lottery Management clearly stipulates that the issuance, sale and drawing of lottery tickets shall follow the principles of openness, fairness, impartiality, honesty and credibility.

As we all know, the sales price of lottery tickets is clearly stipulated. The computer ticket game 2 yuan pays a note, that is, the invoice has different face values, which is also a "clearly marked price". In order to ensure the fair trading rights of lottery players, lottery distribution and sales organizations have also stipulated that lottery agents shall not change or change the denomination of lottery tickets in disguise.

At the same time, lottery agents must provide lottery players with legal and compliant lottery tickets, that is, welfare lottery tickets and sports lottery tickets licensed by the State Council. Article 38 of the Regulations on Lottery Management stipulates that anyone who, in violation of these regulations, issues or sells lottery tickets without authorization, or issues or sells overseas lottery tickets in People’s Republic of China (PRC) constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law; If it does not constitute a crime, the public security organ shall impose administrative penalties on public security according to law; If there are illegal gains, the illegal gains shall be confiscated.

5. Right of supervision and criticism: refers to the right enjoyed by consumers to supervise goods and services and the protection of consumers’ rights and interests.

The right of supervision and criticism is also a right of lottery consumers, and the implementation of this right has a great relationship with the implementation of lottery players’ right to know. For example, Article 20 of the Regulations on Lottery Management stipulates that lottery issuing institutions and lottery sales institutions shall promptly announce the lottery issuance and sales to the public and accept the supervision of the public.

In addition, lottery sellers also enjoy the right to win the prize, that is, within the validity period of the prize, the lottery winners will win the prize with the winning lottery ticket and ID card, and the relevant sites and lottery agencies may not refuse to win the prize.

Article 25 of the Regulations on the Management of Lottery stipulates that the lottery winner shall present the winning lottery ticket to the designated place for redemption within 60 natural days from the date of drawing the lottery. If the rules of lottery varieties stipulate that it is necessary to show his identity document, he shall also show his identity document.

Original title: "315, Talk about the rights and interests of lottery consumers"

November 8th in the solar calendar is the beginning of winter of the 24 solar terms. The reason why it is called "beginning of winter" means that from today on, it will officially enter the winter. Many plants have fallen leaves, many animals have begun to hibernate, and migratory birds will fly to the warmer south for the winter. So, how much do you know about the legend and origin of beginning of winter? Do you know the cultural connotation of beginning of winter? Let’s take a look ↓

The Legend of beginning of winter

In the past, there was a saying in old Beijing that "winter solstice wonton and summer solstice noodles". According to legend, during the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu in the north often harassed the frontier, and the people were restless. At that time, there were two leaders of Hun tribe and Tun tribe, which were very cruel. The people hated it, so they wrapped it into a corner with meat stuffing and called it "wonton" with the sound of "muddy" and "tun". Hate to eat, and seek to calm the war and live a peaceful life. Because wonton was originally made on the winter solstice, every family eats wonton on the winter solstice.

Eating "frozen ears" is a common name for Henan people to eat jiaozi during the winter solstice. Why is there such a food custom? According to legend, Zhang Zhongjing, a doctor in Nanyang, was an official in Changsha. When he retired from his old age, it was a snowy winter and the wind was biting. He was very sad when he saw the villagers on both sides of Nanyang Baihe River with their clothes uncovered, and many people’s ears were frozen rotten. He asked his disciples to set up a medical shed in Guandong, Nanyang, put mutton, peppers and some cold-dispelling medicinal materials in a pot and cook them, fished them out and chopped them up, imaged their ears with a leather bag, and then put them down and cooked them in a pot to make a kind of medicine called "soup for dispelling cold and correcting ears" for the people to eat. After eating, the villagers’ ears were cured. Later, on the winter solstice, people imitated and cooked, so the custom of "pinching ears" was formed. Later, people called it "jiaozi", and some called it "flat food" and "instant noodle dumplings". It was also said that people would not be frozen in jiaozi after eating the winter solstice.

The origin of beginning of winter

In ancient China, people used to take beginning of winter as the beginning of winter, and twenty-four solar term said, "Stand, build." He also said: "Winter is the end, and everything is collected." Beginning of winter not only represents the coming of winter, but also represents the collection of all things to avoid the cold.

The Cultural Connotation of beginning of winter

Beginning of winter is the first solar term in winter, representing the beginning of winter. Twenty-four solar terms are the product of ancient farming civilization, and farming production is closely related to the rhythm of nature. In beginning of winter, all autumn crops have been harvested, collected and put into storage, and animals have been hidden for hibernation.

Meteorological changes in beginning of winter

In the southern region, sunny, warm and comfortable "Xiaoyangchun" weather often occurs during the period from the beginning of winter to the light snow. In the folk, there is a saying that "it’s sunny in October", as the saying goes, "it’s warm in August and warm in September, and it’s sunny in October". It is generally not very cold in the early winter season in the south, but with the passage of time, cold air frequently goes south and the temperature gradually drops.

In the area near the north of Huaihe River in Qinling Mountains, cold air frequently appears, and cooling has become the normal state in this season. In the northeast and northwest regions, it is already a scene of heavy snow at this time, especially in the northeast Heilongjiang region, which has been extremely cold and entered winter long before the arrival of beginning of winter.

Beginning of winter custom

Jiaozi eats onions in the north and mutton in copper pot is good for winter. There are many customs in beginning of winter. Let’s take a look ~

Eat dumplings

Beginning of winter is at the turn of the Spring and Autumn Period, and people have the custom of eating jiaozi when they have sex, so jiaozi has become a must-have meal for beginning of winter, a northerner.

instant-boiled mutton

In the south of China, people like to eat chicken, duck and fish in beginning of winter, and weddings, a winter tonic restaurant such as "Mutton Stove" and "Ginger Duck" on the street. Many families also stew sesame oil chicken and Siwu chicken to supplement energy.

Eat raw onions

There is a proverb in Nanjing: "One and a half onions a day bring wind to your legs in winter." As soon as beginning of winter arrived, the old Nanjing people paid special attention to eating raw onions. At home, there was a small dish filled with balsamic vinegar on the dining table. Before the meal, green and white chopped green onion was added, and then attractive sesame oil was dripped, and fish or meat was eaten with chopped green onion.

Fermented yellow rice wine

It is a traditional Shaoxing wine-making custom to start brewing yellow wine on the day of beginning of winter. Winter is the most suitable season for wine fermentation, with clear water and low temperature. The period from beginning of winter to beginning of spring in the following year is most suitable for making yellow rice wine, which Shaoxing people call "winter brewing".

Eat sugar cane

In Chaoshan area of Fujian, beginning of winter wants to eat sugar cane and stir-fried fragrant rice. There is a saying among local people that "beginning of winter’s chewing cane is toothless", which means "beginning of winter’s" sugarcane will not get angry after eating it.

Go swimming in winter

"One day in beginning of winter, water cooling is three points", but the icy river water is the favorite of winter swimmers. They often welcome winter by swimming in winter on beginning of winter Day.

Lidong

Only in late autumn

It’s just winter.

Collection of all things

New winter is not cold

Editor: Pan Qiaoyu　

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ShangguanNo. Author: Shanghai Baoshan

Israeli Defense Minister galante said in Tel Aviv on the 18th that the Israeli army’s operations in the Gaza Strip will gradually transition to the next stage.

It is reported that US Defense Secretary Austin visited Israel on the same day and met with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and galante to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip.

At a joint press conference after his talks with galante, Austin said that he had discussed with Israeli Defense Minister galante how to reduce the harm to civilians, and mentioned that the war would transition from "large-scale fighting to low-intensity conflict". "Any campaign will have several stages, and we will continue to urge (Israel) to protect civilians during the conflict and increase humanitarian assistance into Gaza."

Galante said that the Israeli army will continue to carry out operations with different intensities according to the situation in the Gaza Strip, and will soon be able to distinguish different regions. In "every region where we complete our mission", we will gradually transition to the next stage. The northern Gaza Strip may achieve this goal faster than the southern Gaza Strip.

In addition, some American officials predict that Israel may gradually adopt a low-intensity and localized war strategy before January next year, including targeting specific Hamas militants and leaders.

Some analysts said that Austin’s visit can be called "a delicate balancing act". Because Netanyahu’s violent bombing of Gaza has triggered strong global protests and ceasefires, Biden’s government is facing increasing pressure at home and abroad. However, when meeting with Netanyahu, Austin stressed that the United States will continue to provide Israel with military assistance such as ammunition, vehicles and air defense systems.

Wen Hao reporter leng Shuang
Tuqi foreign media