The significance of the great cold

The significance of the Great Cold is that it is the last of the 24 solar terms, and there is a saying that "the Great Cold welcomes the New Year".

It's ugly, the solar longitude reaches 300, and it's celebrated every year at 65438+1October 20th to 2 1 day. Great cold, like slight cold, is also a solar term indicating the cold weather. Great cold refers to extremely cold weather. During the great cold solar term on March 9 and April 9, cold waves frequently go south, which is the coldest season in a year, with strong wind and low temperature.

According to China's long-term meteorological records, there is no slight cold in the great cold solar terms in the northern region; But for most parts of the south, it is the coldest of the great cold solar terms.

In ancient China, the Great Cold was divided into three stages: "One stage is chicken milk; Second, the symptoms of bird disease; Three times, the water is strong. " Among them, the third period can especially show that the temperature of the great cold is extremely low: at this time, the ice in the water can freeze to the center of the water, and it is thick and firm. The great cold comes at the end of the year, winter goes to spring, and after the great cold, a new cycle begins.

In some parts of China, during the Great Cold to beginning of spring, there were many important folk customs, such as taking off old cloth to make bacon, collecting ice cubes, offering sacrifices to stoves and following rich food. Tail luxury food is also called "making teeth" and "making luxury food", and there is a folk custom of "eating tail teeth" after eating luxury food.

During the severe cold season, there is still less farm work in various places. People in the north are busy accumulating fertilizers and compost to prepare for spring; Or strengthen the cold and antifreeze of livestock. In the southern region, the field management of wheat and other crops is still strengthened. There is a custom of catching voles in Lingnan area of Guangdong Province in combination with severe cold.