Dietary customs of slight cold solar terms

The folk customs of Xiaohan on this day mainly include: eating vegetable rice and glutinous rice.

1, eat vegetable rice

"Eating vegetable rice" is a dietary custom in the slight cold season in ancient China. Vegetable rice, called "salty rice" in some places and "salty shredded rice" in others, is a special food among China people. It is a combination of dishes and staple food, convenient to make, delicious and deeply loved by the people. The formation and development of vegetable rice was produced by the thrifty customs of ancient China people.

Step 2 eat glutinous rice

"Eating glutinous rice" is a traditional dietary custom in China and Guangzhou during the slight cold season. Glutinous rice is a medicated diet made of glutinous rice as the main material. In Guangzhou, Han Xiao must eat glutinous rice on this morning. Mix 60% glutinous rice with 40% fragrant rice, and then add fried "bacon" (commonly known as sausage and bacon in Guangdong), coriander, chopped green onion and other materials, which tastes particularly fragrant.

Xiaohan folk custom

In the traditional culture of China, Han Xiao has many unique folk customs. The most common is "eating". There is a folk saying that "slight cold is the most important thing and turns into ice", so people will eat some steaming food to keep warm at this time.

Besides eating, Han Xiao has some unique folk customs. For example, in Anhui, people will weave wreaths with holly branches or cut out patterns with red paper and stick them on doors, which means welcoming the arrival of the New Year.

In addition, there are some folk activities and festivals related to slight cold. For example, in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, people will hold "Spring Cattle Shooting" activities to pray for a bumper harvest in the new year; In Fujian, people will hold "seeing off the poor" activities to drive away bad luck. There are also some places that hold festivals related to slight cold, such as the March 3 rd Song Festival of Zhuang people in Guangxi.