Today is the small cold, what are the traditional customs

How much do you know about the traditional customs of the small cold festival? Small cold means that the weather has been very cold, most of China's small cold and cold period is generally the coldest period, "small cold" over, into the "go out on the ice" of the three nine days. Then the small cold festival traditional customs is very worthy of our attention to understand.

What are the traditional customs of xiao chan1

Painting nine

The xiao chan festival initially originated in the Yellow River basin, it is said that in the early years of the Yellow River basin farming families every xiao chan, the family is popular to use the "nine nine cold charts" to avoid the cold and health. Nine nine to eliminate cold is a double hook red calligraphy "Pavilion in front of the weeping willow precious to be spring phoenix", are traditional Chinese characters, nine words each word nine strokes *** Nine hundred and eighty-one strokes from the winter solstice every day in accordance with the order of the strokes to fill in a stroke, every one nine fill in a good word, until after nine nine after the return of spring to the earth, a nine nine to eliminate cold is considered to be a great success. Xiaochun Festival is at the time of the three nine cold, so the folk custom of "drawing and counting nine" has a close connection with the Xiaochun Festival. Counting nine counting, calligraphy tracing red, not only can seek to eliminate the cold, is also considered a good winter pastime smelting health methods.

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Ice play

China's northern provinces, people winter after the days of cold v. Ice period is very long, often from November, until the following April. Between spring and winter, the river ice thick, ice walking are used to plow. Plow or by the horse-drawn, or by the dog, or by the ride of the people holding wooden poles such as boat rowing, push forward. Thick ice areas, most of the ice beds for pedestrians to play, also wearing ice skates in the ice race, known as the ancient ice play. History of the Song Dynasty: "the story of Lent, the Court, for ice theater." "Qin Ding Rizhixian old news ko" in the record: "west of Xihua door for the West Garden, said the list of the West Garden door, the entrance to the Tai Liquid Pond, winter month is Chen ice play, XiLao line reward." Yichengge miscellaneous copy" about the old custom in Beiping, wrote: "Ming time, Jishuitan taste a good thing, joint more than ten beds, with all the baskets and wine utensils, paved cut off the sharp on it, boom drink ice in the ice, but also enough to enjoy."

What are the traditional customs of Xiaohan3

La sacrifice

"Xiaohan" is the festival of the month of Lunar New Year, because the ancients would be held in December to worship the gods of the Lunar New Year, so the Lunar New Year in December where the Lunar New Year is called Lunar New Year. The wooden meaning of La is "to receive", taking the meaning of the old and the new. La sacrifice for China's ancient sacrificial customs, as far as the pre-Qin period has been formed. Han Yingjiao "customs. Righteousness" cloud:

"Waxing, hunting, said the field hunting beasts to sacrifice their ancestors. Or that the waxer, also, the connection, the new and the old handover, so the big sacrifice to report the work."

The meaning of "La Sacrifice" has three meanings, one of which is to show that they do not forget their own origins and their families, and to express their respect and nostalgia for their ancestors. Secondly, it is to offer sacrifices to the gods and thank them for their contribution to agriculture throughout the year. Third, people work hard all year round, this time the agricultural rest, take this to play some. Since the Zhou Dynasty, the "Wax Festival" of customary practices throughout the generations, from the son of God, the vassals to the common people, everyone is no exception.

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Plum

This time the plum has opened, red plum buds to be released, this is the time to step on the snow in search of plum winter tour good time to pick the excellent scenery of the plum blossom, carefully enjoy the game, the nose has a lonely elegant fragrance, the gods will be refreshingly invigorating.