Cold Dew Festival is a few days of the month Cold Dew Festival how to maintain health

We all know that there are 24 festivals a year, and for the different festivals also has its corresponding time, many people do not know about this, then we will learn about the cold dew festival is how many days of the month? The first thing you need to know is how to get the most out of your life.

Cold Dew Festival is a few days

Cold Dew time is the annual calendar October 7 to 9, Cold Dew Festival is China's twenty-four seasons of the seventeenth season, belonging to the fifth season of autumn. The twenty-four solar terms are based on the position of the sun on the ecliptic of return, and the cold dew occurs when the sun reaches 195° of yellow longitude. At the time of Cold Dew, the Nanling and the vast areas north of it have entered the fall, the northeast has entered the late fall, and the northwest has entered or is about to enter the winter. Cold Dew is a festival that reflects the characteristics of climate change, and it has been written in the Collected Explanations of the Seventy-two Waiting Seasons of the Moon Order that "in the September festival, the dew is cold and will condense." It means that the temperature of cold dew is even lower than that of white dew, and the morning dew on the ground is so cold that it is about to condense.

How to maintain health during the cold dew festival

1, clothing: In folklore, there is a saying, "eat the cold dew rice, single Han less seen." After entering the cold dew, pay special attention to keep warm. In addition to wear warm shoes and socks, but also to develop the habit of soaking feet in hot water before going to bed. In addition, diarrhea in the fall, should pay special attention to abdominal warmth.

2, diet: "anti-dry" is crucial. Against "dryness", drinking water is a good way. In order to prevent "dryness", should not eat or eat less spicy barbecue food, it is advisable to eat more sesame, glutinous rice, round-grained rice, honey, dairy products and other soft food, eating red dates, lotus seeds and ginkgo porridge is also a good way to maintain health.

3, living: it is advisable to go to bed early and get up early to ensure adequate sleep. Every day, you can sleep 1 hour more, to relieve the autumn fatigue. Both to prevent cold and flu, but also often open the window ventilation, keep the indoor air fresh, the benefits to the body is also very great.

What is the meaning of Cold Dew Festival

Cold Dew in the annual calendar on October 8 or 9, for the traditional Chinese festival of one of the twenty-four seasons, at this time the sun reaches the yellow longitude of 195 degrees. October 8, 2011, the lunar calendar, Saturday, September 12 for the 2011 Cold Dew, and at the same time, this day for the National Day of High Blood Pressure, the World Sight Day. The "Collected Explanations of the Seventy-two Waiting Seasons of the Moon": "At the September festival, the dew is cold and will condense." It means that after the cold dew festival, the temperature is even lower, the air has condensed dew, and there is a gradual chill. In ancient times, China divided the cold dew into three seasons: "The first season is when the geese come to visit; the second season is when the birds become clams in the water; and the third season is when the chrysanthemums have yellow flowers." In this festival, geese move southward in a row in the shape of a character or a human character; in the late autumn, the birds are gone, and the ancients saw a lot of clams suddenly appearing on the seashore, and the stripes and colors of the shells are very similar to those of the birds, so they thought they were turned into birds; the third wait for the chrysanthemums to start yellowing, that is to say, the chrysanthemums are generally open at this time.

Today's cold dew?

Cold Dew is the seventeenth solar term in the twenty-fourth lunar calendar, belonging to the fifth solar term in the autumn, time in the lunar calendar October 7 ~ 9 each year. 2021 Cold Dew time is: October 8, 2021, 9: 38: 53, the lunar calendar Xinchou (Niu) year, the third day of the ninth month of the Friday, that is, today. White Dew, Cold Dew, Frost, three seasons, all indicate the phenomenon of condensation of water vapor, if the "White Dew" festival marks the excess of heat to cool, the summer has not yet been completely eliminated, the morning can be seen in the dew crystal glitter. Then "cold dew" festival is a symbol of the weather turned cool, marking the weather from cool to cold transition, the dew drops of cold light, as the saying goes, "cold dew cold dew, cold dew all over the place".