Characteristic verse of slight cold solar terms

The poems about the characteristics of the slight cold solar terms are as follows: the snow presses the green pine branches and the jade is green, the slight cold north country is crystal clear, the north wind roars the leaves, and the ice needles are cold.

North-south difference

The slight cold weather is extremely cold, and the northern and southern regions span greatly, which leads to different customs of production, farming and life. In agriculture, most areas in the north have no jobs, so they have to rest in winter. The main task is to do a good job in the vegetable pit, keep the barn warm, and fatten up at home. In the past, cattle, horses and other livestock were the main labor force of a family and needed special maintenance. The slight cold weather is the coldest, so we should pay more attention to the warmth of livestock.

People often burn a fire in the cowshed to keep warm. Small livestock are more cautious in keeping out the cold-laying straw mats alone and hanging wind curtains. A literate family will give warm water to livestock to minimize their body consumption and prevent diseases, and add a little salt to the drinking water to supplement the loss of salt in cold weather and enhance their immunity.

On weekdays, we see the phenomenon of livestock licking the wall roots and drinking dirty water, which is the performance of salt-deficient livestock licking the salt in the soil at the wall roots or sucking salt from dirty water. In the light cold season in the south, rape should do a good job of ridge cleaning and wheat should do a good job of topdressing. When encountering strong cold air, sprinkle plant ash, crop straw or cover manure in the field to help the crops survive the coldest season.

According to many years' breeding experience, people often speculate on the climate change in the coming year according to the slight cold climate and make a good breeding plan as soon as possible. For example, there is a saying in Shandong that "there is no rain in a slight cold, and there is drought in a big summer" and "if it is cloudy, there will be a spring drought in the coming year".

Living custom

In life, in addition to keeping warm every day, people are getting stronger and stronger when they enter the slight cold year. People are busy writing Spring Festival couplets, cutting window grilles, going to the market to buy New Year pictures, colored lights, firecrackers, incense and so on, one after another to prepare for the Spring Festival. In terms of diet, mutton hot pot, sugar-fried chestnuts and baked sweet potatoes have become the fashion of Xiaohan. As the saying goes, "three nine make up one winter, and there will be no disease in the coming year", which is the practice of eating mutton to regulate the body in winter.

According to "Miscellanies of Jinmen", there was a custom of eating soybean sprouts in Tianjin in the old days. Soybean sprouts are a specialty of Tianjin, made of Chinese cabbage buds. In winter to the future, cut off the stems and leaves of cabbage, leaving only the heart of cabbage, about two inches from the ground, covered with manure, airtight. After half a month, it is crisp and tender, which makes up for the shortage of vegetables in winter.

Modern people's living standards have improved, and all kinds of vegetables and meat are available all year round. They are no longer worried about the scarcity of vegetables in winter as in the past.