Twenty-four solar terms cold dew

Cold dew is the seventeenth of the twenty-four solar terms.

Cold dew, fighting refers to Xin; Longitude of solar arrival195; Gregorian calendar 10 year 10 July-9 is the fifth solar term in autumn and the seventeenth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms.

"Twenty-four solar terms" records: "September solar terms, cold dew, it will condense." It is said that the temperature in the cold dew is lower than that in the white dew, and the dew on the ground is colder and will soon condense into frost. Cold dew is the transition from cold to cold. The "Big Mars" representing midsummer in the starry sky has sunk in the west, and the footsteps of winter are approaching.

There is a folk saying that "if you eat cold dew, you will not see a person who is single-clothed". Affected by the cold dew, all parts of China have entered autumn. The north is the scene of late autumn, with white clouds and red leaves, and the weather is cold; Autumn is getting stronger in the south, and cicadas are dying; Northeast and northwest, the fields are bleak, the first frost is coming, or it has entered the early winter.

The custom of cold dew

1, drink chrysanthemum wine

Chrysanthemum is the most representative flower in the cold dew season, which can be seen everywhere. In addition, due to the proximity of the Double Ninth Festival, there is a custom of drinking "chrysanthemum wine" in some areas, so the Double Ninth Festival is also called "Chrysanthemum Festival".

After the autumn harvest every year, Wenzhou people are good at brewing all kinds of fine wines, among which several jars of chrysanthemum wine are indispensable. At this time, the newly blooming chrysanthemums were mixed with some green leaves and grains to make wine, and it was not until this time of the next year that the altar was opened for drinking.

Step 2 steam crabs

Before and after the cold dew, there were many shrimps and crabs. Old Nanjing people have the habit of steaming crabs in cold dew and solar terms. As the saying goes: "cold dew makes feet, the first frost catches feet, the west wind rings, and the crab's feet itch." At this time, the female crab is full of eggs and rich in yellow mud, which is the best season to eat female crabs. Therefore, after the cold dew festival, you might as well eat a few fat crabs to satisfy the taste buds on the tip of your tongue.

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