Animal characteristics of the first frost solar terms

Animal characteristics of solar terms in the first frost: jackals began to prey for the winter; Hibernating animals also hide in caves and go into hibernation without food.

The "first frost" solar term is characterized by cold weather in the morning and evening, hot weather at noon, large temperature difference between day and night, and obvious autumn dryness. On the national average, the first frost is the season with the largest temperature difference between day and night in a year.

After entering the first first frost solar term, the cold air activities affecting our country became more and more frequent, and the temperature difference between day and night increased rapidly. Especially in Jiangnan and South China, the temperature fluctuation is more and more obvious; Some areas in northwest and northeast China have shown the scene of "cold wind and fallen leaves" in early winter.

Custom:

The first frost is the last solar term in autumn, and people attach great importance to it. There are customs such as exorcising evil spirits and sweeping graves in various places to pray for good weather, happiness and well-being. For example, in some places such as Yantai, people will go to the western suburbs to meet the frost on this day; In Gaoming, Guangdong, there is a custom of "sending taro ghosts" before the first frost.

In some parts of China, people eat red persimmons 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, so it is a very good first frost food.

At the same time, in the first frost, chrysanthemums are in full bloom. At this time, people will hold chrysanthemum parties to express their love and reverence for chrysanthemums. In addition, there is a folk saying that "it is better to make up for the first frost than to make up for the winter". Therefore, in the first frost, there are folk customs of "boiling mutton", "boiling sheep's head" and "welcoming frost rabbit meat".