Phenological characteristics of slight cold solar terms

The phenological characteristics of the slight cold solar term are "waiting for Yanbei township, waiting for magpies to nest, waiting for pheasants to nest." The ancients believed that the geese among migratory birds migrated along the yin and yang, when the yang had moved, the geese began to migrate northward; At this time, magpies can be seen everywhere in the north, feeling the yang and starting to build nests; The word "pheasant" means singing. As April 9th approaches, pheasants can sing.

Slight cold is the 23rd solar term among the 24 solar terms, the 5th solar term in winter, the end of the second month of the dry calendar and the beginning of the ugly month. Fighting fingers; The meridian of the sun is 285; It is celebrated every year on June 5-7 of 65438+ 10 in Gregorian calendar.

Cold air is cold for a long time, and slight cold means that the weather is cold but not extreme. Like severe cold, mild heat, severe heat and intense heat, it is a solar term indicating temperature change. The slight cold solar term is characterized by cold, but it is not extremely cold.

In the slight cold season, the direct point of the sun is still in the southern hemisphere, and the heat in the northern hemisphere is still in a state of loss. The heat absorbed during the day is still less than the heat released at night, so the temperature in the northern hemisphere continues to decrease. After the winter solstice, the cold air frequently goes south, and the temperature continues to drop, and the temperature drops to the lowest during the slight cold and severe cold in a year.

The custom of slight cold:

1, Laba Festival: that is, December 8 of the lunar calendar every year, also known as "Magic Weapon Festival", "Buddhist Enlightenment Festival" and "Enlightenment Meeting". Originally a Buddhist festival to commemorate the enlightenment of Sakyamuni Buddha, it gradually became a folk festival. Laba Festival is mainly popular in northern China, and the festival custom is to drink Laba porridge.

2. Eat glutinous rice: In Guangzhou, Han Xiao wants to eat glutinous rice in the morning. Glutinous rice is not just boiled glutinous rice. It will be served with fried "bacon" (commonly known as sausage and bacon in Guangdong), coriander, chopped green onion and other materials, which tastes particularly fragrant.

3. Counting 99 over the cold winter: Counting 99, also known as Winter 99, is an ancient folk method to calculate cold weather. The method of counting cold weather with nine has been passed down from mouth to mouth in China, which has a history and lacks records. As for the origin, there is no exact information.