The meaning and custom of slight cold solar terms

It's cold this winter, and the slight cold solar term is coming. The slight cold solar term is a traditional festival in China, so what does it mean? The custom of slight cold solar terms?

The meaning of slight cold solar terms

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.

In China, the slight cold solar term marks the beginning of a cold day. At this time, keeping warm is very important. It is necessary to strengthen physical exercise and reduce unnecessary going out. At the same time, we should eat more high-calorie foods, vegetables and fruits in our diet to provide nutrition for the body, improve immunity and prevent diseases.

The custom of slight cold solar terms

Tan Mei

In the slight cold season, wintersweet is in bloom, and red berries are in bud. Choose an excellent scenic spot with plum blossoms and enjoy it carefully. There is an elegant fragrance in the nose, which will refresh your mind.

Ice game

Slight cold is the coldest time of the year. At this time, the weather in the south and the north is very cold. At this time, the river was frozen and thick, and I walked on the ice with a sled. The sled is pulled by a horse or a dog, or the rider paddles like a punt with a wooden pole; There is a saying in the Song Dynasty: "The story stays overnight, but fortunately there is an ice show in the backyard. In the winter months, Chen Bing plays, studies hard and gets rewards, so Han Xiao can hold an ice show.

La Worship

The ancients would hold a La Worship to worship the gods in December, so the December where La Worship lived was called the twelfth month. The wooden meaning of wax means "connection", which means the handover of the old and the new. La Worship is one of the ancient sacrificial customs in China, during which the slight cold steamed. Therefore, at this time, the custom of "La Worship" was handed down from generation to generation, from the emperor to the common people, and everyone was no exception.

What does the slight cold solar term eat?

There is an important folk custom in the slight cold solar term, that is, eating "Laba porridge"; According to ancient records, Laba porridge is made of yellow rice, white rice, glutinous rice, millet and peeled jujube paste. And dyed with dyed peach kernels, almonds, melon seeds and peanuts. These foods are warm products, which have the effects of regulating the spleen and stomach, invigorating the middle energizer, invigorating qi and nourishing blood, expelling cold and strengthening the body, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst.

Secondly, in Guangdong, there is such a folk proverb that "a slight cold is cold without wind chill". It is a traditional custom to eat glutinous rice in the morning to drive away the cold in mild cold and severe cold; Folk believe that the sugar content of glutinous rice is higher than that of rice, which makes the whole body feel warm after eating, which is beneficial to expelling cold and human health.

What are the characteristics of slight cold solar terms?

Slight cold means that the weather is cold but not extreme. Like severe cold, mild heat, severe heat and intense heat, they are all solar terms of temperature change. The slight cold solar term is characterized by cold, but it is not extremely cold.

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. Folk proverb: "When it's a slight cold, it's 239, and it's shivering with cold", which shows the cold degree of the slight cold solar terms; 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.