Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What are the customs of cold solar terms? What are the customs of cold solar terms?

What are the customs of cold solar terms? What are the customs of 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 book "Arbitrariness" in the Eastern Han Dynasty has the following words: "Those who wax, have a big sacrifice at the end of the year, and drink at official banquets".

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".