Yesterday passed. What season is it today?

Today is still a cold dew solar term. The cold dew solar term refers not to a day, but to a period of time.

Cold dew time 2016 (1October 8th 201614: 33-1October 23rd 2016/7: 45).

Gregorian calendar time:1October 8th, 2065438+2006 65438+4:33:20.

Lunar date: Saturday, the eighth day of September (big)

Cold dew is one of the twenty-four solar terms in Chinese traditional festivals, and the sun reaches 10 on June 8 or 9 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

The meaning of cold dew

Twenty-four solar terms: "September solar terms, dew will condense when it is cold." It means that after the cold dew solar terms, the temperature is lower, there is condensation in the air, and there is a chill gradually.

In ancient China, the cold dew was divided into three stages: "The first stage was the swan goose; The second waiting sparrow is a clam with three chrysanthemums and yellow flowers. "In this solar term, geese move south in a word or herringbone queue; In the cold late autumn, all the birds disappeared. The ancients saw a large number of clams suddenly appearing on the seashore. The stripes and colors of shells were very similar to those of birds, and they thought they were birds. The third sentence "Chrysanthemums begin to blossom" means that chrysanthemums usually open at this time.

Climatic characteristics of cold dew

During the cold dew solar term, the temperature in most parts of southern China continued to drop. The average daily temperature in South China is less than 20℃. Even in the areas along the Yangtze River, it is difficult for the mercury column to rise above 30℃, while the minimum temperature can be reduced to below 10℃. Except for a few valley lowlands, the five-day average temperature in the northwest plateau is generally lower than 10℃, which is already winter according to the standard of four seasons climate division. Thousands of miles away, first frost and Wan Li are snowing, which is very different from autumn in South China.