What are the customs of the great cold solar terms? What does this solar term mean?

I started and ended the Great Cold, the last of the 24 solar terms. Winter goes and spring comes, and the four seasons change. As soon as the cold is over, a new cycle will begin.

From the temperature point of view, great cold, like slight cold, is a solar term indicating the degree of cold weather. This solar term is from March 9 to April 9, and the cold wave frequently goes south, which is the coldest period of the year. Great cold refers to extremely cold weather. There is a folk proverb: it is freezing in cold weather, and it is cold without wind. ? That's what it means. But according to past experience, the difference between severe cold and slight cold is mainly reflected in the south. 49? The coldest, that is, the great cold, there is no slight cold in the great cold solar terms in the northern region. ?

As far as precipitation is concerned, severe cold and slight cold are the seasons with the least rainfall in a year. Even in South China, where rainfall is the most abundant, it is only 5- 10 mm, and the weather is very dry. Therefore, during this period, we should pay special attention to diet, eat more fruits and vegetables and some warm food, and nourish our health. Don't eat too spicy food, otherwise it will easily cause symptoms such as getting angry and inflammation.

In some parts of our country, there are many important customs during the period from the Great Cold to beginning of spring. For example, in addition to old cloth, making bacon, offering sacrifices to stoves, ending the rich food and other customs. After the severe cold, it is beginning of spring, and the Spring Festival, the most important festival in China, is also around beginning of spring, so when it comes to severe cold, the flavor of the year becomes stronger and stronger. During this solar term, people began to prepare for the Spring Festival, cleaning houses and replacing new household items, such as bowls, chopsticks and plates. This is also called? Trade in the old for the new? It means to sweep away bad luck and welcome the new year with a new look.

Secondly, we eat Laba porridge. Laba Festival is an important festival in China. On that day, we ate laba porridge and pickled laba garlic, and in some places we ate jiaozi. ? Son, son, don't be greedy. It was a year after Laba. ? After Laba Festival, we will start to prepare new year's goods and pickle new year's dishes. Every household is busy, is that? Busy with the Chinese New Year? .

To sum up, there are at least ten customs in the activities during this period, namely: eating glutinous rice? ,? Drunk? ,? Teeth? ,? Sweep the dust? ,? Paste window? ,? Bacon? ,? Get married? ,? Take advantage of the market. Take a shower? ,? Post the year red? Wait a minute. ? Eat glutinous rice? It is to eat glutinous rice on the day of the great cold solar term, that is, glutinous rice. Some places make rice cakes and make rice cakes (such as Sichuan and Guizhou).

Drunk? Is to indulge in drinking; ? Paste window? Just stick new paper on the window, and some places will cut some auspicious patterns and stick them on the window. Stick grilles? .

Sticking New Year's Red is sticking Spring Festival couplets. Generally, Spring Festival couplets are red, which looks more festive. ? Teeth? Also called? Food with rich tails? Worship the land god. In the north, it is a custom to worship the kitchen god and eat sugar for the kitchen.

The great cold is the end of a year and the beginning of a new year. Although it is cold, it tastes full! The Spring Festival is coming. Are you ready for the Spring Festival?