Five customs of cold dew and solar terms

1, climbing: 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". Ancient mountain climbing originated from "avoiding disasters". Mountain climbing can not only recall the past and cultivate sentiment, but also help people get rid of the troubles of work, get in touch with nature, relieve stress and relax themselves. Therefore, in the season of crisp autumn and clear sky, it is of great benefit to climb high and overlook, shout a few times and exhale the dirty air in your chest.

2, eat sesame seeds: cold dew, the weather turns from cold to cold. According to the theory of "nourishing yang in spring and summer, nourishing yin in autumn and winter" in traditional Chinese medicine. At this time, people should nourish yin and prevent dryness, moisten the lungs and benefit the stomach. As a result, people have the custom of "eating sesame seeds in cold dew". In Beijing, sesame-related foods have become popular before and after the cold dew, such as sesame crisp, sesame mung bean cake, sesame seed cake and so on. Sesame is divided into white sesame and black sesame. White sesame can be eaten, and black sesame can be used as medicine. White sesame seeds are usually called "two sesame seeds", while the word "black" in black sesame seeds cannot be omitted or redundant. The proverb says, "Chew a handful of black sesame seeds and you will live to be a hundred years old, and your hair will not be white." It means black sesame raises black hair.

3, eat flower cakes: because the weather is getting colder and colder, trees and flowers 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". Flower cakes mainly include "coarse flower cakes", "fine flower cakes" and "money flower cakes". Stick some coriander leaves as a sign and clip in dried fruits such as olives, dates and walnuts; "Fine flower cake" has three layers and two layers, and there are fine candied dried fruits in the middle of each layer, such as candied apples, peaches, apricots and dates. Money flower cake and fine flower cake are basically the same. But it is very small, like "money", and it is mostly the food of the upper class aristocrats.

4. Drink chrysanthemum wine: cold dew is near the Double Ninth Festival, and 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. Chrysanthemum wine is made from chrysanthemum, glutinous rice and distiller's yeast, which was called "longevity wine" in ancient times. Its taste is cool and sweet, and it has the effects of nourishing liver and improving eyesight, strengthening brain and delaying aging. On the day of cold dew, the ancients also took the water from the well and made it into pills or medicinal liquor to nourish the five internal organs. The ancient book records: "On September 9th, gather chrysanthemums, poria cocos and turpentine, and take them for a long time to make people not old." Drinking Evodia rutaecarpa chrysanthemum wine during the Double Ninth Festival can protect the body from the common cold caused by the early cold.

5, farming customs: the weather is very conducive to autumn harvest during the cold dew, there is an agricultural proverb: yellow fireworks should also be collected, fish should also be collected. 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".