Is it a slight cold when the early plum rains?

"Early plum blossoms welcome the rain" is not a description of the slight cold solar terms. This sentence comes from Yuan Zhen, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, who wrote Twenty-four Poems, the first day of the first month of spring. This poem describes the phenological characteristics of solar terms in beginning of spring.

First of all, briefly introduce Xiao Han.

Slight cold is the 23rd solar term among the 24 solar terms, the 5th solar term in winter, the end of the second month of the dry calendar and the beginning of the ugly month. Fighting fingers; The meridian of the sun is 285 degrees.

It is celebrated every year on June 5-7 of 65438+ 10 in Gregorian calendar. Cold air is cold for a long time, and slight cold means that the weather is cold but not extreme. Like severe cold, mild summer heat, severe summer heat and intense summer heat, it is a solar term indicating temperature change. The slight cold solar term is characterized by cold, but it is not extremely cold.

Second, the historical origin of slight cold

The slight cold marks the official start of winter. The cold air has accumulated for a long time and is very cold. A slight cold is the cold weather, but it is not to the extreme. The name of the slight cold solar term is explained in the twenty-four solar terms: "December solar term, the cold at the beginning of the month is still small, so it is cloudy and half a month old." Slight cold refers to the cold air accumulated for a long time, which means that the weather is cold but not extreme.

It is the same as great cold, slight summer heat, great summer heat and summer heat, and it is a solar term indicating temperature change. After the winter solstice, the cold air frequently goes south, and the temperature continues to drop, and the temperature drops to the lowest during the slight cold and severe cold in a year. "Slight cold in February, 239, shivering with cold" is enough to explain the cold degree of slight cold.

The traditional custom of slight cold

Laba Festival

Laba Festival, that is, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, is also called "Magic Weapon Festival", "Buddhism and Taoism Festival" and "Daohui". Originally a Buddhist festival to commemorate the enlightenment of Sakyamuni Buddha, it gradually became a folk festival. Laba Festival is mainly popular in northern China, and the festival custom is to drink Laba porridge.

Eat glutinous rice

In Guangzhou, Han Xiao wants to eat glutinous rice in the morning. Glutinous rice is not just boiled glutinous rice. It will be served with fried "bacon" (commonly known as sausage and bacon in Guangdong), coriander, chopped green onion and other materials, which tastes particularly fragrant.

"Leaving fragrance" is essential for cooking glutinous rice. On the one hand, it is high in fat and cold-resistant; On the other hand, glutinous rice itself is sticky, and rice smells heavy. It needs some oil to mix the flavor.