What does the first frost mean? What do you eat?

The first frost, one of the 24 solar terms, is around 65438+1October 23rd every year. The first frost solar term means that the weather is getting colder and the first frost appears. It is the last solar term in autumn, which also means that winter is about to begin. Health care is particularly important in the first frost season. There is a folk proverb that "it is better to make up the first frost once a year", which shows the influence of this solar term on people.

Chestnut has the effects of nourishing stomach and strengthening spleen, tonifying kidney and strengthening tendons, promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, and it is a good tonic at this time. Frost is spread all over vegetation and rocks, commonly known as frosting. Frosted vegetables such as spinach and wax gourd are particularly delicious, and frosted fruits such as grapes are particularly sweet. The ancients generally ate mutton and rabbit meat in autumn. On the day of the first frost, the people of Fujian and Taiwan have to make up for it. There is a proverb in southern Fujian that "it is better to make up the first frost than to make up for one year". Some places want to eat red persimmons, thinking that they can keep out the cold and replenish their bones and muscles. Quanzhou old man said: eating persimmon diced in the first frost will not cause runny nose. Some places say that you should eat a shuttlecock on the first frost day, otherwise your lips will crack all winter.

The first frost means that the weather is getting colder and first frost begins, which is the eighteenth of the 24 solar terms. The first frost is the last solar term in autumn when the sun is at 2 10 on the 23rd or 24th of October in the solar calendar. The first frost refers to the first frost. Twenty-four solar terms say: "In mid-September, the air is cool and condensed, and the dew is like frost." At this time, when the temperature drops below 0 degrees, the water vapor in the air condenses into white crystals on the ground, which is called frost. At this time, the first frost usually appears in the Yellow River valley in China, and most areas are busy planting crops such as wheat. Plants that are not hardy will stop growing and present a scene of late autumn, which is a good opportunity to enjoy the maple leaves. Yizhoushu Zhou said: "Autumn and March are empty: summer, autumn equinox, first frost." "Mandarin Zhou Yuzhong": "See the fire and cool breeze to stop the cold." "The History of the Three Kingdoms Wu" notes: "As the saying goes, after the first frost, the breeze comes first, and people should have a cold heart." Wei Wei's "Oriental" Chapter 15: "In the solar terms, there are several frosts here before the first frost."