Festive customs of slight cold

The folk customs of Xiaohan on this day mainly include: eating vegetable rice, eating glutinous rice and Laba Festival.

1, eat vegetable rice

Eating vegetable rice is a dietary custom in the slight cold season in ancient China. Vegetable rice is called salty rice in some places and salty broken rice in some places. It is a special food for China people. It combines dishes and staple food, is convenient to make and delicious, and is well received by the people. The formation and development of vegetable rice was produced by the thrifty customs of ancient China people.

Step 2 eat glutinous rice

Glutinous rice is a medicated diet with glutinous rice as the main component. In Guangzhou, Xiao Han must eat glutinous rice in the morning. 60% glutinous rice and 40% fragrant rice are mixed together, with fried bacon (commonly known as sausage bacon in Guangdong), coriander, chopped green onion and other materials, which tastes particularly fragrant.

3. Laba Festival

A few days after the slight cold is Laba Festival, so Laba Festival is not only a traditional folk festival, but also a unique custom of the slight cold solar terms. The custom of this day is to drink Laba porridge, soak Laba garlic and Laba vinegar.

The meaning and symbol of slight cold

1, cold

Slight cold means that the weather is cold but not extreme. Like severe cold, mild summer heat, severe summer heat and intense summer heat, they are all solar terms indicating temperature changes. In the mild cold season, people should keep warm to prevent colds and frostbite. Slight cold is also a time to build a barn, provide warmth and make poultry and livestock safe for the winter.

Step 2 be energetic

Although slight cold is one of the coldest periods in a year, it is also one of the most vigorous periods in nature. During the slight cold season, the geese returned to the north and the cold plum came. Slight cold contains the vitality approaching spring, pregnant with the life force of silver blooming. When people are preparing for spring ploughing and planting, they should pay attention to the changes of weather and soil to prepare for a bumper harvest in the new year.

Step 3 reunite

The slightly cold solar terms add a little warmth in the expectation of family reunion. There is always a lamp among the lights, waiting for the snowstorm to return home at night. In the slight cold season, people will also eat some warm food, such as mutton, sesame chicken, glutinous rice and so on. To increase the body's resistance and warmth. Slight cold is also the last solar term before Chinese New Year. People will begin to prepare for the Spring Festival, buy new clothes, clean the house and welcome the Spring Festival.