The origin of slight cold

The origin of slight cold: the solar terms of slight cold originated in the Yellow River basin. In the twenty-four solar terms, there is a saying that "the cold is still small at the beginning of the month, and it is cold in half a month", that is to say, in the Yellow River basin, the great cold at that time was colder than the slight cold. The slight cold is still in the last few days of February 9, and it will take a few days for the slight cold to enter the March 9, and the slight cold in winter corresponds to the slight heat in summer, so it is called slight cold.

During the slight cold season, old Nanjing usually cooks delicious food, among which dwarf yellow, sausage and salted duck are all famous specialties in Nanjing. The tradition in Guangzhou is that Xiao Han eats glutinous rice in the morning, stir-frying bacon, sausage, peanuts and chopped green onion and mixing them in the rice.

When the days get longer from winter to the future, but the temperature does not rise at this time, this is the coldest stage of the year. At this time, people no longer go out to farm, but stay at home to warm themselves and have a good rest to save energy for the arrival of spring.

Because everyone stays at home to keep warm during the slight cold season, there are many traditional customs to do. The blooming of plum blossoms adds a lively atmosphere to the slight cold solar terms, and eating Laba porridge, which we are familiar with, is carried out in the slight cold solar terms.

And at this time, the temperature is the lowest, and the river has frozen. In areas where the ice layer is particularly thick, most of them have ice beds for pedestrians to play with, and some even race on the ice with skates, which was called ice play in ancient times.