When was the first frost in 2023?
The first frost usually appears on1October 23rd or 24th every year, 10. It got its name because the temperature began to drop. The first frost, as the name implies, is in late autumn and early winter. The first frost begins to fall, the weather turns cold and the vegetation turns yellow. To the north of the Yellow River, everything on the earth began to become desolate. To the south of the Yellow River, it is already late autumn, and the autumn rain is continuous, which is miserable and miserable.
The early frost in 2023 belongs to the first frost. The first frost refers to the frost that appears on the ground or plants at night or early morning when the temperature drops below the frost point in autumn, while the late frost refers to the ice crystals that condense on the surface of plants or soil when the temperature rises above the frost point in spring, so the frost in early 2023 belongs to the first frost.
The custom of the first frost:
1, send taro ghosts
In Gaoming, Guangdong, there is a custom of "sending taro ghosts" before the first frost. In the first frost season, people will build Hanoi Tower with tiles, put dry wood in the tower and light it until the tiles are red, then push down Hanoi Tower, heat taro with red tiles, which is called "taro pot" locally, and finally throw the tiles outside the village, which is called "taro to send ghosts". In this way, people are eager to meet good luck.
Step 2 climb high and overlook
In autumn, the air in the mountains is fresh, and there are less floating dust and pollutants in the atmosphere, which is just suitable for breathing fresh air.
Eat duck
In southern Fujian and Taiwan Province Province, the first frost will take supplements on this day, which is often called "sticky autumn fertilizer" in the north. There is a proverb in southern Fujian called "it is better to make up the first frost in one year", which fully expresses the people in Fujian and Taiwan's attention to the first frost solar terms. Every time the first frost comes, the ducks in Fujian and Taiwan will sell well.