The Meaning and Customs of Solar Terms in The First Frost

The first frost is the 18 of the 24 solar terms. Every year the Gregorian calendar is 10. 1October 22 -24, depending on the sun reaching 2 10 degrees, it is the first frost. As the last solar term in autumn, the first frost is the transition from autumn to winter. The first frost, health care is particularly important. There is a folk proverb that "it is better to make up the first frost once a year", which shows the influence of this solar term on us.

About the first frost: in mid-September, the air is cold and condensed, and the dew becomes frost. "First frost" means that the weather is getting colder and the dew condenses into frost. In ancient China, the first frost was divided into three stages: first, the jackal sacrificed animals; Second, the vegetation is yellow; Three stings are salty. The jackal began to catch prey, sacrifice animals, and return books to heaven with animals, paving the way for sacrificing autumn gold; The leaves on the earth turned yellow and fell; The stinging insects are motionless in the cave and hang their heads into hibernation.

Climatic characteristics:

The solar term of the first frost means that the weather is getting colder and first frost begins. To the south of latitude, the average temperature is around 16℃, and there are three solar terms before the first frost day. In the southern valley of South China, frost can only be seen in the dead of winter.

Of course, even at the same latitude, the temperature and humidity of the air close to the stratum are different due to the difference of altitude and topography, and the first frost period and frost day are also different. In the first frost season, the cool autumn wind blew to Guangzhou, the flower city. The average temperature in northeast China, eastern Inner Mongolia and most parts of northwest China has been below 0℃.