What are the traditional customs of the cold dew solar terms?

The traditional customs of cold dew solar terms include eating flower cakes, watching red leaves and playing cricket.

1, eat flower cake

Cold dew solar terms are generally similar to the Double Ninth Festival in time, so after climbing the mountain in 1999, there was the custom of eating flower cakes. Because "Gao" and "Gao" are homophonic, cakes should be called "Chongyang Flower Cake", which means "step by step". Flower cakes mainly include "coarse flower cakes", "fine flower cakes" and "money flower cakes". Stick some coriander leaves as a sign, and put dried fruits such as olives, dates and walnuts in the middle.

2. Look at the red leaves

In the cold dew solar terms, Beijing citizens have the custom of enjoying red leaves in Xiangshan. After the cold dew, the continuous cooling has made the maple leaves in Beijing red, and the Xiangshan forest in autumn has been dyed red, and the red leaves are like clouds and picturesque. China has a vast territory, spanning a great latitude, and the time when red leaves appear on the vast land varies from place to place. The northern region, especially the north of the Yellow River, is suitable for cold dew and red leaves.

Step 3 fight crickets

White dew, autumnal equinox and cold dew are the climax of cricket fighting among old Beijingers. Cricket is also called weaving promoter. Generally, hearing the chirping of crickets means that autumn is coming and the weather is getting colder and colder, reminding people that it is time to prepare winter clothes. Therefore, there is a saying that "weaving promoters scream and lazy women scream".

Agricultural activities of cold dew solar terms

After the cold dew, if there is strong cold air going south, the cold dew wind weather with low temperature and strong wind is easy to appear in the south. Cold dew wind is a chilling injury caused by the invasion of cold air in autumn, which reduces rice production. It is one of the main meteorological disasters in the growth period of late rice in southern China, which mostly occurs around the cold dew festival in the southern lunar calendar. Therefore, Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian are called cold dew wind, and the Yangtze River basin is called autumn low temperature.

In the cold dew season, wheat should be sown in the north, not late, so as not to reduce production. South China should sow rape and plant broad beans in due course. There will be a disastrous weather in South China-Mianyu, which is characterized by high humidity, more clouds, less sunshine and more cloudy days. After that, the number of foggy days will increase obviously, which will directly affect the progress and quality of Sanqiu. Therefore, it is necessary to use the weather forecast to harvest and sow in sunny days.