What are the customs of the slight cold solar terms?

The customs of the slight cold solar terms include playing with ice, La Worship, eating Laba porridge, eating bean sprouts and eating glutinous rice.

0 1 ice show

In the northern provinces of China, it will be colder after winter. Sometimes the river is frozen and thick, and people walk on the ice with sleds. The sled is pulled by a horse, a dog or a rider, who holds a wooden pole and pushes it forward like a gondola. In areas where the ice is particularly thick, most of them have ice beds for pedestrians to play with.

02 La Worship

"Slight cold" is the solar term of the twelfth lunar month. Because the ancients held a La Worship to worship the gods in December, the December in which La Worship lived was called the twelfth lunar month. Wax means "connection", which means the transition of the old and the new. La Worship is one of the ancient sacrificial customs in China, which was formed as far back as the pre-Qin period.

Eat laba porridge

Another important folk custom in the slight cold solar term is eating "Laba porridge". According to ancient records, Laba porridge is made of yellow rice, white rice, glutinous rice, millet and peeled jujube paste. And dyed with red peach kernels, almonds, melon seeds and peanuts. These foods are warm products, which can regulate the spleen and stomach, tonify the middle energizer and replenish qi.

Eat soybean sprouts

In the old days of Tianjin, there was a custom of eating bean sprouts with slight cold. 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.

Eat glutinous rice

Guangdong folk proverb "slight cold and severe cold are cold without wind", and it is a traditional custom to eat glutinous rice in the morning for slight cold and severe cold. According to the folk tradition, the sugar content of glutinous rice is higher than that of rice, and it feels warm after eating, which is conducive to driving out the cold. Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that glutinous rice has the effect of tonifying middle energizer and benefiting qi, and it is most suitable to eat glutinous rice in cold season.

What are the solar terms?

The 24 solar terms are: beginning of spring, Rain, Sting, Equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Changxia, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Xiaoxia, Daxia, beginning of autumn, Early Summer, Bailu, Autumnal Equinox, Cold Dew, Early Frost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold.