Traditional customs of solar terms in severe cold

The customs of the Great Cold include: eating "cold cakes", buying sesame stalks, eating fried spring rolls, drinking soup, doing winter sports, welcoming the New Year in the Great Cold, offering sacrifices, cooking glutinous rice, eating Laba porridge and counting nine. ?

1, eat "Lianggao". In the cold season, Beijingers have the custom of eating "cake for dispelling cold". The pronunciation of "rice cake" in Chinese is the same as that of "rice cake", so it symbolizes good luck and continuous promotion.

2. Buy sesame stalks. The severe cold solar terms coincide with the end of the lunar calendar. In some areas of China, people will snap up sesame stalks at this time, because there is an old saying: "Sesame blossoms are higher and higher." This proverb means the continuous improvement of living standards or the steady progress of thinking, learning and skills.

3. Eat fried spring rolls. In Anqing, Anhui, there is a tradition of eating fried spring rolls in the cold season. Spring rolls are wrapped in fillings such as vegetables and meat, and the taste can be salty and sweet.

4. Drink soup. People in Nanjing, Jiangsu like to drink soup in the cold season. They usually stew old hen soup with ginseng, medlar and black fungus.

5. Carry out winter sports. In all parts of China, severe cold is the best time to carry out winter sports such as skiing, skating and sledding.