What is the Great Cold?

The Great Cold is the last of the 24 solar terms. Fighting refers to ugliness; The solar meridian reaches 300; Celebrate on the calendar of 65438+1October 20-2 1 every year. Great cold, like slight cold, is a solar term indicating the degree of cold weather, and great cold refers to extremely cold weather. The great cold solar term is from March 9 to April 9, and the cold wave frequently goes south, which is the coldest season of the year.

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 period from the Great Cold to beginning of spring, there were many important folk customs, such as taking off old cloth to make bacon, offering sacrifices to stoves and ending sumptuous food. Tail luxury food is also called "making teeth" and "making luxury food". There is a folk custom of "eating tail teeth" after eating luxury food. The popular "annual meeting" at the end of the year is the legacy of "Wei gluttonous feast".

Brief introduction of solar terms:

The last solar term in the 24 solar terms is the "Great Cold" when the sun reaches 300 degrees on October 20th/20th in Gregorian calendar/kloc-0. Quoting "San Li Yi Zong" and "Shi Tong Kao Tian" explains: "Great cold is the middle, and the upper form is slight cold, so it is called great cold ... extremely cold, so it is called great cold." It is said that a cold is a cold.

During the period of March 9 and April 9, the cold wave frequently goes south, which is the coldest season of the year and the period with the least rain. There is a folk saying that "a slight cold is the most important thing, and it is cold without wind." Great cold refers to extremely cold weather. This is a season where vitality lurks and everything is hidden.

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