Folklore of the great cold solar terms

1, "eat glutinous rice", that is, on the day of the great cold solar term, the ancients were popular to eat food made of glutinous rice.

2. "binge drinking" refers to letting go of feasting and drinking to the fullest. Cai Yong's "Arbitrariness" in the Eastern Han Dynasty said: "Those who wax, have a big sacrifice at the end of the year, and the official banquet drinks." .

3, "dust removal", also known as "getting rid of the old" and "dust removal", is a kind of general cleaning: "Every family paints the walls and sweeps away the ominous" to sweep away bad luck; On the contrary, "the twelfth lunar month does not remove dust, and the plague will be recruited in the coming year." Dust removal is generally carried out on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month, that is, on the day of "offering sacrifices to the stove". Avoid words when removing dust, and pay attention to "silence is better than sound".

4. "Sticking the window" means sticking the window with new paper. "Put up windows for good luck." For the sake of beauty, some people will cut some auspicious patterns and stick them on the windows, so it is also called "stick grilles", which is usually held on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month. ?

5. "Steamed offering" is an offering prepared for sacrifice. In the past, cakes, cakes and steamed bread used for sacrifice were all steamed with flour, so they were called.

6. Catch the Wedding. At the end of the twelfth lunar month, the immortal went to heaven to "report on his work". At this time, there is no need to choose a date for marriage, and it is off-season. Therefore, the old folk scene is "busy marriage in the countryside."

Severe cold phase 3

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.

At first glance, "Great Cold" seems to be colder than slight cold. But in fact, in most cases, the great cold is warmer than the slight cold. The reason why a warmer solar term is named Great Cold should be China's traditional thought, and extreme cold and warmth are what people want.

Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-great cold