What is the solar term custom of cold dew?
Go to Xiangshan to enjoy the red leaves.
In the cold dew season, many places have the custom of enjoying maple leaves. "Frost leaves are redder than February flowers" is also this season. The word "appreciation" of maple leaves is very important, which is different from sitting on the windowsill or walking down the street to see the leaves. You must go there to taste the beautiful things. ?
The north, especially the north of the Yellow River, is suitable for cold dew to see red leaves. The period of viewing red leaves in Beijing is from mid-June 65438+1October to1early October165438+1October, and the best period is from May to 30th 65438+1October. It can be said that Xiangshan is the most popular place to enjoy red leaves in China. When it comes to red leaves, people will unconsciously think of and mention it. Seeing the red leaves in Xiangshan during the cold dew season has long been a traditional habit of Beijing residents, and it is also the highlight of autumn outing.
Stay healthy and eat sesame seeds.
When the cold dew comes, the weather turns from cold to cold. According to the TCM health theory of "nourishing yang in spring and summer and nourishing yin in autumn and winter", people should nourish yin to prevent dryness, moisten the lungs and benefit the stomach. As a result, people have the custom of "eating sesame seeds in cold dew". Sesame is highly appraised in medical monographs such as Shennong Herbal Classic and Compendium of Materia Medica, and can be widely used in dietotherapy. Another proverb says, "Sesame and mung bean cakes are not long enough to eat." This sesame mung bean has the function of detoxification. Sesame oil extracted from sesame seeds is not only a good seasoning for hot and cold dishes, but also widely used for dietotherapy and detoxification. ?
In addition, because cold dew is often similar to the Double Ninth Festival, people still want to eat flower cakes at this time, which means "step by step". Flower cakes mainly include "coarse flower cakes", "fine flower cakes" and "money flower cakes". ?
Chrysanthemum tea, keep drinking.
Every season has flowers suitable for its spiritual temperament. September of the lunar calendar, also known as Chrysanthemum Month, is Chrysanthemum Month. Unlike most flowers that bloom in spring and summer, chrysanthemums are out of season. The heavier the frost, the more gorgeous it will bloom. "Chrysanthemums begin to blossom" in the third phase of Cold Dew means that chrysanthemums generally open at this time. ?
Chrysanthemum is the most representative flower in the cold dew season, which can be seen everywhere. In addition, due to the proximity of the Double Ninth Festival, there is a custom of drinking "chrysanthemum wine" in some areas, so the Double Ninth Festival is also called "Chrysanthemum Festival". ?
After the autumn harvest every year, Wenzhou people are good at brewing all kinds of fine wines, among which several jars of chrysanthemum wine are indispensable. At this time, the newly blooming chrysanthemums were mixed with some green leaves and grains to make wine, and it was not until this time of the next year that the altar was opened for drinking. It is said that this chrysanthemum wine is of great benefit to people's health. ?
On the day of cold dew, the ancients sometimes made pills or medicated wine from the water in the well to nourish the five internal organs. Today, everyone likes to drink more Lycium barbarum chrysanthemum tea. In ancient times, people used Lycium barbarum to bathe. Lycium barbarum was newly served after cold dew, which could make people feel refreshed. If people are troublesome now, they can make a pot of wine or tea and insist on drinking it every day, which can also play a "pleasant" role.
Fishing in autumn makes you intoxicated.
In the cold dew season, most parts of the country have entered autumn. In Jiangnan area, people not only admire chrysanthemums, but also have the custom of eating crabs and fishing, and even have the saying of "autumn fishing". It means that every cold and dew season, the temperature drops rapidly, and the sunlight in the deep water can't penetrate, so the fish swim to the shallow water with higher water temperature, and there is what people call "autumn fishing edge". ?
There is a custom of closing mountains in areas where tung trees and camellia oleifera are produced in southern Hunan, and Shan Ye is allowed to be picked after the cold dew is closed. Adults and children will pick tea seeds on this day.
The custom of making pickled fish with cold dew in Xiangxi Dong nationality. It is said that the fish marinated with rice wine, salt, glutinous rice, Chili noodles, pepper powder, shredded ginger and other ingredients on this day tastes particularly good. ?
Before and after the cold dew, there were many shrimps and crabs. Old Nanjing people have the habit of steaming crabs in cold dew and solar terms. As the saying goes: "cold dew makes feet, the first frost catches feet, the west wind rings, and the crab's feet itch." At this time, the female crab is full of eggs and rich in yellow mud, which is the best season to eat female crabs. Therefore, after the cold dew festival, you might as well eat a few fat crabs to satisfy the taste buds on the tip of your tongue. ?
In Wenzhou, people not only like to eat fresh and delicious fat crabs, but also like to make crabs with different flavors in a drunken way. Some people get drunk with rice wine, some people choke to death with salt water, some people get drunk with fresh crabs, and then pick out the paste inside and store it separately for friends and relatives to enjoy.
However, people with allergies, stomach cold, pregnant women and hyperlipidemia should not eat crab roe. In addition, now is the season when persimmons are ripe. It should be noted that crabs should not be eaten with persimmons to avoid stomach stones. ?
Miqiucha
Cold dew, autumn equinox to cold dew, autumn tea. Zhengqiu tea is the best autumn tea, and the tea collected in the first three days and the last four days of cold dew every year is called Zhengqiu tea. Tea is divided into spring and autumn, but drinking tea can be regardless of time and place. Cold dew has passed, and new tea has been served. ?