Traditional customs of cold dew

Because the weather is getting colder and colder, flowers and trees will soon die, so people call this "resignation." 1999 Climbing the mountain, we still have to eat flower cakes. Because "high" and "cake" are homophonic, we should call the cake "Chongyang Flower Cake", which means "step by step".

Step 2 drink chrysanthemum wine

Cold dew is near the Double Ninth Festival. At this time, chrysanthemums are in full bloom. In order to get rid of autumn dryness, some areas have the custom of drinking "chrysanthemum wine". This custom, together with climbing, gradually moved to the Double Ninth Festival.

Step 3: climb the mountain

As we all know, the custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival has a long history. Because the Double Ninth Festival is around the cold dew solar terms, the climate with pleasant cold dew solar terms is very suitable for mountaineering, so the custom of climbing slowly on the Double Ninth Festival has become the custom of cold dew solar terms. Climbing means "step by step" and "long life".

Characteristics of cold dew solar terms

Cold dew is the end of the full moon in the dry calendar and the beginning of the full moon. At night, looking up at the starry sky, you will find that the season of the starry sky changes, and the "Big Mars" (Scorpio Antares), which represents the midsummer, has set in the west. As soon as the cold dew passed, the height of the sun continued to decrease and the temperature gradually decreased. The temperature of cold dew is much lower than the white dew in solar terms, and the dew on the ground is colder, which is likely to become frozen dew.

In ancient times, dew was considered as a symbol of cold weather. The solar term of Mid-Autumn White Dew is "dew and white", but it is already "dew and cold". When it is cold in season and autumn, it will condense into frost.