When does the slight cold solar term start?

The slight cold time starts from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Slight cold, the 23rd solar term in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar, is also the fifth solar term in winter, marking the official start of the season and winter. When the sun reaches the longitude of 285 (slight cold), it marks the arrival of the coldest day of the year in China.

Slight cold is usually the lowest temperature solar term in a year, and the name of slight cold solar term also means entering the coldest day of a year. The slight cold solar term is usually the "March 9th" period every year, so people must pay more attention to keeping warm and keeping in good health. If they have friends who travel abroad, they must check the weather in advance to prevent the impact of strong winds, rain and snow on Spring Festival travel rush's rush, and pay attention to cold and antifreeze.

The slight cold solar term is also an important solar term in farming. At this time, we should continue to do a good job in the cultivation of spring flowers, do a good job in frost prevention and moisture prevention, and strive for a good harvest of spring flowers. In order to prevent snow and freezing rain from breaking fruit trees in bamboo forests, it is foggy and windy in winter, so special attention should be paid to safety in fishing and breeding operations at sea or in rivers and lakes.

Small cold festival custom

The folklore of eating mutton says that "Xiao Han eats mutton and Da Han eats radish". Slight cold is the coldest time of the year, and mutton is also a very popular traditional food in the slight cold solar terms. Mutton is the most cost-effective warm food, which can not only keep out the cold, but also benefit the body. If you add some angelica, yam and carrot to mutton and cook it together, it won't get angry and you can spend a warm winter.

There is a saying that eating glutinous rice is "cold without wind", and it is popular in Guangdong to eat glutinous rice to drive away the cold. In addition to glutinous rice, there are bacon, sausages and peanuts, as well as mushrooms, dried shrimps, scallops, coriander, barbecued pork and squid. Generally, glutinous rice is eaten in the morning with slight cold and severe cold, but it should be eaten in the morning with slight cold.