What did the ancients do during the Great Cold Festival?

During the Great Cold Festival, the ancients collected ice cubes. In ancient times, in the cold season, both the royal family and the people were busy collecting and storing ice, because the ice was the hardest and thickest at this time. According to Zhou Li, there was an official in charge of ice administration in ancient times, who was called "Lingren". In the cold season, Ling Ren presided over the collection of ice cubes and put them in the cellar for use in the next summer.

The Great Cold Festival refers to the Great Cold, which 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".