When is the slight cold in 2023?

Introduction: There is a saying in the folk proverb that "I was shivering when I was cold." It can be said that the cold degree of the slight cold solar terms has been explained. So as the fifth solar term in winter, when is the slight cold in 2023? Let's see when the slight cold is in 2023.

The slight cold in 2023 is 65438+22: 54 on October 5th, 2023, and on February 4th, 2023/kloc-0. Slight cold is the 23rd solar term in 24 solar terms and the 5th solar term in winter. Fighting fingers; The meridian of the sun is 285; Gregorian calendar 65438+1October 5-7. The slight cold marks the official start of the season and winter. Cold air is cold for a long time, and slight cold means that the weather is cold but not extreme.

What does slight cold mean?

Slight cold, cold is cold, small is the degree of cold. Literally, slight cold has not reached the coldest degree, and severe cold should be the coldest, but in most parts of China, slight cold is the coldest time of the year.

As the saying goes, "March 9th is cold". "Sanjiu" is mostly from 65438+1October 9 to 17, which is also within the slight cold solar terms.

The ancients cared about slight cold because of the influence of this solar term on people's lives. The slight cold is coming, and the winter is coming. At this time, the ancients paid special attention to warmth and health care. After the slight cold, winter cotton-padded clothes should be put on, and livestock should be fed. "People will wear small cold clothes, and cows will wear big cold grass."

Slight cold and severe cold also have a corresponding climate. The proverb says that "slight cold is not cold, and severe cold is not cold". There is a similar saying: "It is hot in a slight cold day, but cold in a severe cold day", "It is frozen in a slight cold frozen soil and frozen in a severe cold river". These proverbs are designed to remind people to be prepared for freezing and disaster. It can be seen that slight cold plays an extremely important role in farming.

Minor Cold

Characteristics of slight cold solar terms:

It's getting cold, but it's not. As the saying goes, "cold is in March 9th", and because the March 9th in the middle of winter is basically within this solar term, there is a saying that "slight cold is better than severe cold". During the slight cold season, most parts of China have entered a severe cold period, with frozen soil and rivers frozen. In addition, the cold air in the north continues to go south and the weather is cold. People call it "counting nine cold days" Although it is not as cold in the south of our country as in the north, the temperature has dropped obviously. The coldest time in the south is slight cold, between rain and fright. It is dry and cold when it is a little cold, and it is wet and cold after the rain.

What are the customs of the slight cold solar terms?

1, draw nine

Twenty-four solar terms and slight cold solar terms originated in the Yellow River Basin. It is said that in the early years, every farmer in the Yellow River valley used the "Nine-Nine Cold Map" to keep out the cold and keep fit. The "Relief Picture of 99 Cold" is a red calligraphy double hook, "weeping willows and cherishing spring phoenix in front of the pavilion", all of which are traditional Chinese characters with nine characters and nine strokes, with a total of 998 1 stroke. From the winter solstice, a stroke is filled in every day according to the stroke order, and a word is filled in every September. Until the spring returns to the earth after September, a "Relief Map of Cold Land in 1999" is completed.

Step 2 eat glutinous rice

Guangdong folk proverb "slight cold and severe cold are cold without wind", and it is a traditional custom to eat glutinous rice in the morning for slight cold and severe cold. According to the folk tradition, the sugar content of glutinous rice is higher than that of rice, and it feels warm after eating, which is conducive to driving out the cold. Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that glutinous rice has the effect of tonifying middle energizer and benefiting qi, and it is most suitable to eat glutinous rice in cold season.

Minor Cold

Step 3 eat laba porridge

Laba Festival is generally between slight cold and severe cold, so there is an important folk custom to eat "Laba porridge". Laba porridge is made from a variety of ingredients, most of which have the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, expelling cold and strengthening the body, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Laba porridge is also drunk on Laba Festival shortly after slight cold. In cold winter, drinking a bowl of steaming Laba porridge can not only satisfy the appetite, but also drive away the chill, which is a very happy thing.

Step 4 eat soybean sprouts

According to "Miscellanies of Jinmen", there was a custom of eating soybean sprouts in Tianjin in the old days. Soybean sprouts are a specialty of Tianjin, made of Chinese cabbage buds. In the past winter, people could eat few vegetables, and soybean sprouts made up for the shortage of vegetables in winter to some extent. Now, even in winter, people can eat many fresh vegetables.