The famous sayings about the winter solstice are as follows:

1. During the winter solstice in Handan Yi, the shadows in front of the lanterns hugging the knees accompany me. ——Bai Juyi's "Handan Winter Solstice Homesickness"

2. We have been a guest every year since the solstice, and sometimes we are poor, worried and murderous. ——Du Fu's "Winter Solstice"

3. The weather, people, and the sun are urging each other, and at the winter solstice the sun brings forth spring. ——Du Fu's "Little Solstice"

4. On the night of the winter solstice, one leaf blooms and falls. ——Zhang Can's "Jiju Academy Instructs the Students"

5. Last winter solstice. The plum blossoms are just falling from the snow, and the mountain towers are still drunk. ——Mao Qiling's "Guizhixiang·Jiang Tongyin Fangshu Zhai Farewell"

6. When the time comes, the winter solstice comes, and Taishi official Diao approaches the emperor. ——Zhang Yu "One Hundred and Two Songs under the Chariot, Twelve in Order"

7. On the winter solstice last year, worship me and stand beside me. ——Du Mu's "Poem to My Nephew Ayi on the Winter Solstice"

8. The night of the winter solstice cannot be short, and the hatred of sleeping alone grows long. ——Long Fu's "Winter Solstice"

9. As time passes by, people in the world will eat one hundred and fifty cold foods during the winter solstice. ——Shi Wenli's "Gatha 2: When Huang Zhongcai Rises"

10. There is a plain saying in the one hundred and fifty cold foods during the winter solstice. ——Shi Puning's "Forty-One Verses: One Hundred and Fifteen Winter Solstice Cold Foods"

11. When spring comes, the ice is not yet gone, but at winter solstice the snow begins to clear. ——Yang Ning's "Snow and Clear"

12. When you wake up from the dark wine and hear the auspicious words, the winter solstice will bring good luck. ——Qiu Yuan's "Chrysanthemums will ripen on the Double Ninth Festival in the clear winter"

13. Last year, the solstice was still a custom, but this year there is no meat on the solstice.

——Wang Yang "Narrating the story of not offering meat as a sacrifice near the winter solstice"