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When is the great cold solar term in 2022?

As the last of the 24 solar terms, the Great Cold indicates that the year is coming to an end, so everyone will pay close attention to this solar term, and there will be many traditional customs held on this day. Let's learn about it together!

What is the date of the great cold?

The solar term of the severe cold in 2022 is 65438+10: 38: 56 on the Gregorian calendar in 202210/8, on the Thursday of the lunar calendar 12 18.

The meaning of severe cold solar terms

The Great Cold is the last of the 24 solar terms, and it is called "Great Cold" every year when the sun reaches 300 degrees on June 20-2 1 day of the Gregorian calendar. There is a folk saying that "a slight cold is the most important thing, and it is cold without wind." Great cold refers to extremely cold weather. Although the solar term from winter solstice is the lowest in the northern hemisphere, it is also the coldest time of the year. After beginning of winter, the slight cold and the great cold reached the sun, especially the great cold, which was particularly cold. This is because after the winter solstice, the direct point of sunlight will gradually move northward, but in the following time, the direct point of sunlight will always be in the southern hemisphere, and the heat in the northern hemisphere will always be lost, and the heat absorbed during the day is still less than the heat released at night. Therefore, after the winter solstice, the temperature in the northern hemisphere will continue to decrease, and the temperature will be the lowest during the great cold solar term, so the great cold is the coldest solar term in a year.

The custom of welcoming the new year in the cold

After the cold, it is the New Year. The Great Cold is the last of the 24 solar terms. In recent years, this solar term is full of joy and festive atmosphere, and it is a cheerful and relaxed solar term. In this solar term, people are busy saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, pickling new year's dishes and preparing new year's goods, because the Spring Festival, the most important festival for China people, is coming. As the last solar term at the end of the year, the Great Cold is a slack season, but everyone is "busy"-busy with the New Year, which is the custom of "welcoming the New Year in the Great Cold". During the period from the Great Cold to the Lunar New Year, there will be a series of activities among the people, which can be summarized into at least ten customs, namely, eating glutinous rice, binge drinking, making teeth, sweeping dust, pasting windows, tasting bacon, catching a wedding, going to the market, taking a bath and pasting New Year's greetings. So after the cold, the flavor of the year is getting stronger and stronger.

Great cold customs end with rich food.

Tail teeth at the end of the year is a custom in some parts of southern China, probably held around the Great Cold. Tail teeth originated from the custom of offering sacrifices to the land god as "teeth". The land carries everything, breeds everything, and grows grains to support the people. This is why people love the land and serve it. According to the folk custom, every sowing or harvesting season, people should set up a community to sacrifice, pray or reward the land god. The so-called February 2 (the fifth day after the beginning of spring in ancient times) is the first tooth. From now on, the second and sixteenth days of every other day will be "teeth", and1February 16 at the end of the year will just be the tail teeth. "Tooth-making", also known as "gluttony", was originally a ceremony to worship the land father-in-law, and the so-called "having a rare tooth" came from it. There is a folk custom of the whole family sitting together and eating their tails. The popular "annual meeting" of modern enterprises is the rich food left over by Wei. Every year, the tail tooth is very lively, which is called everyone's favorite holiday activity.