What does cold dew mean?

Cold dew refers to the seventeenth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms, and autumn is the fifth solar term.

Cold dew is the seventeenth of the twenty-four solar terms, belonging to the fifth solar term in autumn, indicating the official end of the autumn season. Cold dew is a solar term reflecting the characteristics of climate change. Cold dew, white dew and first frost all indicate the phenomenon of water vapor condensation, and cold dew is a transition from cold to cold.

Cold dew is a festival in late autumn and the beginning of the full moon in the dry calendar. Cold dew is a solar term reflecting the characteristics of climate change. When entering the cold dew, there is cold air going south, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and autumn dryness is obvious. After the cold dew, the cold air in the north has a certain influence, and most areas are controlled by cold high pressure, and the rainy season is over. After the cold dew, the dew increases and the temperature decreases.

In China, cold dew is traditionally regarded as a sign of cold weather. From the calendar point of view, cold dew is the end of the full moon in the dry calendar and the beginning of the full moon, usually on June 8 or 9 of the Gregorian calendar 10 every year.

Related customs

Climbing high in the cold dew to enjoy the red leaves: For many people, the autumn is thick and the weather is fine, which is suitable for going out to enjoy the autumn, especially for climbing high and overlooking the mountains.

Eat pears in cold dew: After cold dew, fruits from all over the country are listed on the market. The weather is getting dry in autumn, and it is easy to get angry. Old people in rural areas have the habit of telling their children to eat pears. For some middle-aged and elderly people, a cup of chrysanthemum tea or a mouthful of chrysanthemum wine is also a good choice.

Eating flower cake in cold dew: After cold dew, leaves fall in autumn, flowers and trees wither gradually, and eating flower cake in cold dew means "keeping green". Moreover, flower cake is said to be promoted step by step and is a diet of cold dew and solar terms.

Farming custom: The cold weather with dew is very beneficial to the autumn harvest. There is an agricultural proverb: yellow fireworks should also be collected, and lotus roots should not be collected until the fish is caught. Soybean is harvested in the cold open air, pomegranate and hawthorn are picked. Cold dew peach is a late-maturing peach variety in the north, and its maturity is around cold dew peach, so it is named "cold dew peach".