When is the slight cold?

Wang Yongjian, a folk expert in Nanjing, said that the source of the slight cold solar terms, which was paid attention to vegetable rice in old Nanjing, was estimated to be related to the cold weather. The so-called vegetable rice is to fry vegetables and rice together, and add bacon, sausage, ham and diced salted duck. Among them, short-legged yellow duck and salted duck are famous specialties in Nanjing, which are very distinctive in Nanjing. Wang Yongjian said that today's seemingly ordinary things used to be enjoyed by people with richer family conditions. People with poor economic conditions are unwilling to add meat, so they will bury a spoonful of lard in the vegetable rice. At that time, there was not much oil and water in food at ordinary times, so "lard bibimbap" tasted particularly fragrant.

Old Nanjing also has the habit of eating a chicken and an egg every September, so on this chilly day, chicken soup and eggs are indispensable on the table of the citizens. With the changes of the times and people's attention to health preservation, modern people have formed many new folk customs in the slight cold season. For example, many young people in Nanjing also like to eat mutton soup and beef soup to supplement.

Cantonese people, who pay attention to diet therapy, are used to eating glutinous rice with bacon, diced sausage and peanuts in the morning with slight cold. Chinese medicine believes that it can nourish the heart, help the lungs and tonify the kidney. "No matter what you eat, as long as you can let young people and children know more about solar terms by eating these seasonal foods, the 24 solar terms are the essence of China's traditional culture and cannot be lost." Wang Yongjian commented.

After the slight cold solar term, it will enter the coldest season of the year. In that era when there was no air conditioning and floor heating, the old Nanjing people created a set of physical exercise methods with regional characteristics, such as skipping rope, kicking shuttlecock, rolling hoop and fighting cocks.

Twenty-four solar terms are a set of experiences summed up by the ancients to guide farming and life. Most of the proverbs about slight cold are meteorological proverbs. Slight cold is around March 9th, as the saying goes, "Cold is in March 9th", and its degree of cold can be imagined, which can be proved by meteorological proverbs everywhere. 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".

There are many proverbs that predict the future weather according to slight cold. Such as "slight cold is hot, big cold is cold", "slight cold is not cold, clear and turbid", "slight cold is cold, spring is warm in the coming year", "slight cold is cold, shock is warm" and so on. According to the rainy (snowy) situation of the slight cold solar term, there are proverbs to predict the future weather: "Slight cold and rainy, rain still freezes seedlings" and "Slight cold and rainy, rain scares the seedlings to death".