Cold dew custom

Cold dew custom: eat flower cakes, watch red leaves, climb mountains, drink chrysanthemum wine and eat sesame seeds.

1, eat flower cakes, because the cold dew solar terms are close to the Double Ninth Festival, and the Double Ninth Festival climbs high. Because "Gao" and "Bing" are homophonic, Bing is called "Double Ninth Festival Flower Bing", which means "Step by step".

2, watching the red leaves, enjoying the red leaves in Xiangshan during the cold dew season has already become the highlight of traditional habits and autumn tours.

3. Drink chrysanthemum wine, cold dew near the Double Ninth Festival. At this time, chrysanthemums are in full bloom. In order to get rid of autumn dryness, there is a custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine. This custom, together with climbing, gradually moved to the Double Ninth Festival.

4, climbing, as we all know, the custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival has a long history. Because the Double Ninth Festival is around the cold dew solar terms, the climate with pleasant cold dew solar terms is very suitable for mountaineering, so the custom of climbing slowly on the Double Ninth Festival has become the custom of cold dew solar terms.

5, eat sesame seeds, cold dew, the weather turns from cold to cold. According to the theory of "nourishing yang in spring and summer, nourishing yin in autumn and winter" in traditional Chinese medicine. At this time, people should nourish yin and prevent dryness, moisten the lungs and benefit the stomach. So there was the custom of "eating sesame seeds in cold dew".