Knowledge about Daxue

Daxue, the 21st of the 24 solar terms, is the third solar term of winter.

Dou refers to non, the sun reaches 255 degrees of yellow longitude, the time of the cross-season for the annual calendar December 6-8 days. The Daxue festival is the beginning of the month of Zi on the dry calendar, marking the official start of the mid-winter season. Daxue is a festival that reflects the characteristics of the climate. Daxue is characterized by a significant drop in temperature and an increase in precipitation. Temperatures across the country drop significantly during the snowy season, and cold air becomes more active in the north.

The snowy season is a climatic concept, which represents the climatic characteristics during the snowy season, i.e., temperature and precipitation (rain, snow, hail, and other water vapor condensation that falls from the sky to the ground are called "precipitation" in meteorology). Like the Lesser Snow Festival, the Greater Snow Festival reflects trends in temperature and precipitation, and it is a reflection of the ancient farming culture of the seasonal seasons.

Traditional customs of the snowy season:

1. Cured meat: There is a saying in old Nanjing, which is called "pickled vegetables in light snow, and cured meat in heavy snow". Snow festival when people will start slaughtering pigs and sheep, on which sprinkled with salt, star anise, cinnamon, pepper and other seasonings, after the hot pan stir-frying the body of the hydraulic pressure out, and then salt brine, or smoked, wait until New Year's Eve and then eat.

2, sealing the river: "small snow, snow sealing the ground, snow sealing the river", the north has "thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drift" natural landscape, the south also has "snowflakes flying, silver sky The south also has "snowflakes fluttering, silver sky" charming picture. When it comes to the snowy season, the ice in the river is frozen, and people can skate and play to their heart's content.

3, drink sweet potato porridge: Lubei folk "threshing floor tops the door, light drink red sticky porridge" said, this time you can drink more sweet potato porridge at home.