What is the slight cold solar term this year?
First, the characteristics and customs of the slight cold solar terms
There are some special customs in the slight cold solar terms. For example, Laba Festival is in this solar term, that is, December 8 of the lunar calendar every year, which 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. In ancient China, the "slight cold" was divided into three stages: "First-class Yanbei Township, second-class magpies started their nests, and third-class pheasants started their lives." The ancients believed that the geese among migratory birds migrated along the yin and yang, when the yang had moved, the geese began to migrate northward; At this time, magpies can be seen everywhere in the north, feeling the yang and starting to build nests; The word "pheasant" means singing. As April 9th approaches, pheasants can sing. 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. "Waxy" is actually necessary for us to cook glutinous rice. They are relatively high in fat and cold-tolerant. In addition, glutinous rice itself is sticky and rice tastes heavy. Therefore, we need some oil to flavor. Of course, there are also some customs activities in exclusive areas.
What does slight cold mean?
Second, the introduction of slight cold solar terms
Slight cold is the penultimate solar term among the 24 solar terms, and winter is the fifth solar term. Usually on the 5th-7th day of the Gregorian calendar every year. According to the statistics of climate data, the coldest time in most parts of northern China is the middle of the Gregorian calendar (10-20) every year. The annual slight cold solar term starts from 65438+1October 5-7, one solar term is about 15 days, and the middle section is just within the slight cold solar term; So for most parts of the north, slight cold is indeed colder than severe cold. But for most parts of the south, it is the coldest in the great cold solar terms; The severe cold solar term generally starts from 65438+1October 20th (65438+1late October), which is the coldest time of the year in the south. There is a saying in northern China that "slight cold is better than severe cold, which is common but not uncommon", meaning that the solar terms of slight cold are colder than those of severe cold, which is nothing unusual. Slight cold usually occurs from February 9th to March 9th, which is the coldest time of the year in northern China. After the slight cold, the temperature of the great cold rose slightly. Generally speaking, the coldest day in southern China is in April or September. At this time, the weather is colder than in March or September. April or September is just within the solar terms of the great cold. In the south of China, it is colder when it is cold than when it is slightly cold. Why is the slight cold coming? There is such a sentence!