The origin of slight cold

The origin of slight cold: During the slight cold, the sun moved to 285 degrees of the yellow meridian. After the slight cold, the climate in China began to enter the coldest period of the year. As the saying goes, cold air has been cold for a long time. At this time, the weather is cold, and the great cold is not extreme, so it is called slight cold.

Meaning of slight cold solar term: slight cold is the 23rd solar term in 24 solar terms, the end of the second month of the dry calendar and the beginning of the ugly month. The time is between Gregorian calendar1October 65438+5-7, and the sun is located at 285 degrees of the yellow meridian. For China, it is around March 9th, and the slight cold marks the beginning of the coldest time of the year.

Slight cold is the coldest time of the year, and it is also because people can welcome the arrival of the New Year during the slight cold, but it is also the coldest time of the year in the climate, and the temperature begins to be cold. A slight cold marks the beginning of the coldest time of the year.

Minor Cold

As the saying goes, "cold is in Sanjiu", which is mostly from June+10/October 9, 5438 to June+July 7, 5438, and is also within the slight cold solar terms. In most parts of China, a slight cold is often the coldest time. Meteorological proverbs popular all over the country can be used as evidence. For example, in northern China, there is a saying that "slight cold and severe cold, dripping into ice", and in southern China, there is a saying that "slight cold and severe cold, dripping into ice".

In ancient times, it was called flying wild goose south. When it is slightly cold, that is, when the geese fly south, it is completely coldest, and people begin to enjoy the joy at the end of the year. In the "Yanbei Township" on the day of slight cold, the ancients believed that the geese among migratory birds migrated along Yin and Yang. At this time, the yang has moved, and the geese in the north have already felt the yang. There is less than a month before the end of the year, so the flavor of the year is getting stronger and stronger. People are busy writing Spring Festival couplets, cutting window grilles, going to the market to buy New Year pictures, colored lights, firecrackers and incense, and preparing for the Spring Festival one by one.

Slight cold season

The traditional custom of slight cold is to drink Laba porridge. Laba Festival is generally between the two solar terms of slight cold and great cold, so there is the custom of slight cold Laba porridge. Laba porridge is porridge cooked with a variety of ingredients on Laba Festival. Laba porridge was originally eaten to celebrate the harvest, and it has been passed down to the present.

"Laba porridge in Yanjing era" records: "Laba porridge is made of yellow rice, white rice, glutinous rice, millet, water chestnut rice, chestnuts, red Jiang Dou and peeled jujube paste. It is dyed with red peach kernels, almonds, melon seeds, peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, white sugar, brown sugar and exotic grapes. "