Customs of different solar terms

Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms. After this day, the vegetation revived, everything was alive, and spring came. Three thousand years ago, in the Zhou Dynasty, there was a ceremony to welcome "Spring". The Emperor of Heaven led the doctors of the nine princes of the Three Kingdoms to worship the mang God who lived in the East and pray for a bumper harvest.

Step 2 rain

After the rain, it rained more. Peach blossoms and pear blossoms are in bud, the tops of grass trees are greener, and busy spring ploughing has begun. The married daughter should take her husband, carry two rattan chairs and "canned meat" and go back to her parents' house to see. If they have children, they should also take care of them (parents regard michel platini as their godmother).

3. Shocked

As the name implies, the roaring and hibernating animals are awakened by Lei Zhen in spring. In addition to pest control for crops, on this day, they also have to "beat villains" to drive away bad luck. Because "pear" and "Li" are homophonic, eating pears has become a reserved program for this day.

4. vernal equinox

The vernal equinox is a day, divided equally between day and night, which means fairness. On this day, the ancients will proofread the measuring instruments. In addition, every year on this day, men, women and children are playing the same game: let the round eggs stand up. This seemingly simple but actually difficult game lasted for thousands of years.

5. Qingming

Among the 24 solar terms, it is both a solar term and a festival, only Qingming. Many customs on this day are related to outing: swinging, flying kites, cuju and inserting willows. Tomb-Sweeping Day's spirit is very tangled, which is both sad to miss the old friend and pleasant to enjoy the scenery.

6. Grain Rain

Grain Rain is the last solar term in spring. It began to rain at night in Bashu and other places. In addition to farming, ancient people also did a lot in Grain Rain: young women wanted to "walk in Grain Rain", that is, walk in the wild; Grain Rain tea should be taken from the south. It is said that it can clear fire, improve eyesight and ward off evil spirits. Toona sinensis should be eaten in the north to improve immunity.

7. Long summer

After the long summer, everything went from birth to prosperity. In fact, according to the meteorological significance, long summer is not just summer. Many people like to eat tea eggs, because "long summer" is the most classic food on this day. It is said that eating eggs in summer can pray for peace in summer.

8. Xiaoman

"Full", at this time, the seeds of some summer crops have begun to be full. However, there is still a word "small", so it will take them some time to mature. Xiaoman is the season for planting rice, and the most important thing for farmers is to ensure sufficient water in rice fields.

9. Miscanthus

Mango seeds are busy, barley and wheat have to be harvested, and summer crops such as late rice, millet and millet have to be busy sowing. At this time, plums are ripe, and the taste of plums is very sour, so it is difficult to eat them directly. Since the Xia Dynasty, there has been a custom of cooking plum in the caravan season, and sour plum soup has become the best summer food.

10, summer solstice

On this day, the day is the longest in the northern hemisphere, and then it gradually becomes shorter. Nevertheless, summer solstice is not the hottest time, but due to strong air convection, especially in the afternoon or evening, it is easy to have thunderstorms.

1 1, Xiaoshu

The sign of summer heat is that plum blossoms bloom and flowers enter the night. After that, it will be dog days. However, it was also a fruitful day. Farmers can finally taste new rice after working for half a year.

12, great summer

The summer heat is the hottest time of the year, and extreme weather such as drought, waterlogging and wind disaster is also very frequent. Therefore, farmers should seize the opportunity, grab the harvest and seeds, and fight drought and drainage. However, they will also take time off and treat themselves with food. People in Taizhou, Zhejiang eat ginger juice to get rid of moisture in their bodies, but people in Putian, Fujian do the opposite, eating hot litchi mutton to fight poison with poison.

13, beginning of autumn

Beginning of autumn is the first solar term in autumn, which also indicates the beginning of harvest. In the Song Dynasty, beginning of autumn had to move the plane tree planted in the flowerpot into the temple. When the time came, Tai Shigong shouted, "Autumn is here." After the play, the phoenix tree dropped one or two leaves to express autumn. There are many customs on this day, such as touching autumn, and women who are childless after marriage can go to the countryside to explore melons and beans at night.

14, hot summer

"Chu" means hiding and dying, and "early summer" means that the hot summer has passed and the temperature is gradually decreasing. After summer, autumn is getting stronger, which is a good time for people to swim in the countryside to welcome autumn scenery. Even the clouds in the sky seem to be scattered and comfortable, unlike the thick clouds in summer.

15, Millennium

As the weather gets cold, you will find many dewdrops on the ground and leaves in the morning. This is because water vapor condenses on it at night, so it is named Bailu. During the Millennium, customs varied from place to place. For example, in old Nanjing, "Bailu Tea" is very popular, while Zixing Xingning, Sandu and Liaojiang have always had wine-making customs. Every year on the Millennium Festival, every family will make wine and drink "local wine" when receiving guests.

16, autumnal equinox

In the autumn equinox, most parts of China have entered a cool autumn, and the temperature has dropped again and again. Just as it can be described as "an autumn rain and a cold". The ancients thought that it thundered because the yang was strong and the yin began to flourish after the autumnal equinox, so it stopped thundering.

17, cold dew

In the cold dew season, the dew on the ground is colder and will soon condense into frost. At this time, it is late autumn in the north, with white clouds and red leaves; Autumn is getting stronger in the south, and cicadas are dying. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the biggest feature of this solar term in the southern climate at this time is that "dryness" is at the right time, and dryness is the most likely to hurt the lungs and stomach. Pay attention to health and eat more sweet food.

18 first frost

The first frost solar term means that the weather is getting colder and the first frost appears. This is the last solar term in autumn. At this time, health care is particularly important. In some places in China, red persimmons are eaten in the first frost. In the eyes of local people, this can not only keep out the cold and keep warm, but also strengthen the bones and muscles.

19, beginning of winter

Beginning of winter, winter starts now. Winter is the end, that is to say, the crops should be harvested before harvesting. Han people take winter solstice as the beginning of winter, so they need to supplement food for the severe winter.

20, xiaoxue

When there is light snow, bacon is the most familiar folk custom of southerners. After a light snow, the temperature plummeted and the weather became dry, which was a good time to process bacon. In addition, eating Ciba is also the custom of Xiaoxue in the south. Ciba was originally used by farmers to worship the cow god.

2 1, heavy snow

Heavy snow, as the name implies, has a large amount of snow. At this time, there is often heavy snow or even blizzard in the area where the cold and warm air meet at the front of the strong cold air. Freezing rain (rime), rime and other special climate phenomena have also become the unique landscape of this season. At this time, "river closure" is also a unique landscape in the north. In the solar term of heavy snow, the water in the northern rivers often freezes, and people can skate and play as much as they like.

22. Solstice in winter

On the solstice in winter, the direct point of the sun reaches the southernmost point of the year. On this day, the northern hemisphere gets the least sunshine and the shortest day, and the days get shorter as it goes north. In the north of China, it is the custom to eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter, while in the south, it is to eat glutinous rice balls. There is a folk custom of "counting nine" from winter to Sunday, and there have been sacrificial activities in the court since the Zhou Dynasty. The solstice in winter is also a good time to keep fit.

23, slight cold

A slight cold marks the beginning of the coldest day of the year. According to China's meteorological data, slight cold is the lowest temperature solar term, and the temperature of great cold is lower than slight cold in only a few years. Entering the slight cold, the flavor of the year is getting stronger and stronger. People are busy writing Spring Festival couplets, cutting window grilles and buying new year's goods to prepare for the Spring Festival. Mutton hot pot, sugar-fried chestnuts and baked sweet potatoes have become a slight cold fashion.

24. Great cold

Great cold is the last solar term, which means the weather is extremely cold. In this solar term, the more important link is "food supplement". Eight-treasure rice, stewed chicken with qi, stewed radish with mutton and frog with qi are all essential products on the table of the people.