Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What do you know about the first frost and the first frost?

What do you know about the first frost and the first frost?

1, interpretation of the first frost: solar terms. Gregorian calendar 10 year1October 23rd or 24th every year. The first frost occurred in the Yellow River Basin of China.

2. It is the first frost in the 24 solar terms when the sun reaches 2 10 degrees on the 23rd of Gregorian calendar10 year. The first frost is the last solar term in autumn, which is the transition from autumn to winter. There is a lot of heat dissipation on the ground in autumn, and the temperature suddenly drops below 0 degrees. Water vapor in the air directly condenses on the ground or plants to form fine ice needles, and some become hexagonal frost flowers, which are white and loose in structure.

3. "Twenty-four solar terms" said about the first frost: In mid-September, the air cooled and condensed, and the dew became frost. At this time, frost has appeared in the Yellow River Basin of China, and a piece of silver ice crystals is shining in the fields thousands of miles away. At this time, the leaves turned yellow and fell. The ancient book "Twenty-four solar terms" said: "Qi stagnates at the beginning of frost, and Yin begins to coagulate". In the first frost season, there were some different customs in various places, such as sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day, climbing Chongyang Mountain, eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival and enjoying the moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival, which were handed down for a long time. As for the first frost, people naturally have their own folk music.

In some places in China, red persimmons should be eaten in the first frost season. In the eyes of local people, it can not only keep out the cold and keep warm, but also nourish the bones and muscles. This is a good first frost food. The old man in Quanzhou said that the first frost eats persimmons: the first frost eats persimmons, and the nose will not flow. In some places, the explanation of this custom is that the first frost should eat eggs on this day, otherwise the lips will crack all winter. At this time, people living in rural areas will climb tall persimmon trees and pick some bright and sweet persimmons to eat.