What is the date of the great cold in 2020?

The meaning of great cold

The Gregorian calendar is around 65438+10.20 every year. When the sun reaches 300 degrees of the Yellow Meridian, it is the great cold, which is the 24th solar term among the 24 solar terms. Great cold, as its name implies, is extremely cold weather.

As soon as the great cold is over, the solar terms of the New Year come again. As the saying goes, winter goes and spring comes. At this time, people are busy getting rid of the old decorations, pickling New Year's dishes, preparing new year's goods and all kinds of sacrificial supplies, and packing things, because the Spring Festival, the most important festival for China people, is coming.

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Local customs of severe cold solar terms

After the slight cold, 15 is a severe cold, which is also the last of the 24 solar terms in the whole year. Although the weather is cold at this time, it will not be as cold as it is from heavy snow to winter solstice because it is near spring. At this time, people are busy throwing away old decorations, pickling new year's dishes and preparing new year's goods, because the Spring Festival, the most important festival for China people, is coming.

During this period, northerners also have a very important day-Laba, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. On this day, people cook a pot of sweet and delicious Laba porridge with whole grains, peanuts, chestnuts, red dates and lotus seeds, which is an indispensable staple food for Chinese New Year.