What are the customs and characteristics of various places when the cold welcomes the new year?

After the slight cold, 15 is a severe cold, which is also the last of the 24 solar terms in the whole year. Although the weather is cold at this time, it will not be as cold as it is from heavy snow to winter solstice because it is near spring. At this time, people are busy throwing away old decorations, pickling new year's dishes and preparing new year's goods, because the Spring Festival, the most important festival for China people, is coming.

During this period, there is also a very crucial day for the northeast people-Laba, which is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. On this day, everyone will cook a pot of sweet and delicious Laba porridge with whole grains, peanuts, chestnuts, jujubes and lotus seeds, which is an essential dinner for everyone during the Spring Festival. The severe cold solar terms often coincide with the end of the year, and the Spring Festival in 2009 is included in the severe cold solar terms. Therefore, in such a cold solar term, in addition to farming, we also need to be busy for the Spring Festival ―― catching up on new year's goods, buying new year's goods, writing Spring Festival couplets, preparing all kinds of sacrificial supplies in advance, sweeping the dust and cleaning up, preparing new year's goods gift boxes in advance, curing all kinds of sausages, sausages and bacon, or cooking meat dishes.

At the same time, sacrifice ancestors and various gods to pray for a smooth coming year. In addition, in the cold season, people often rush to buy white sesame stalks on the street. On New Year's Eve, people sprinkle white sesame stalks on roads other than walking for children to crush, which means "stepping on the old" and good luck. At the same time, the words "crush" and "old age" mean "longevity and well-being", making a good start for the new year. This also makes the festive significance of the slight cold driving the fierce and welcoming the auspicious more profound.

Because of the intersection of slight cold and vernal equinox, fastidious people also adapt to the seasonal changes in diet. The amount of ingredients for slight cold tonic is gradually decreasing, and more ingredients with ascending and dispersing characteristics are added to blend in with the rise of everything in spring. In Foshan, Guangdong Province, there is a folk custom of steaming glutinous rice cakes in a small earthen pot. The steamed rice is sweet and moist, and the food has the functions of keeping warm, nourishing and preserving health.