What does the first frost solar term mean?
The first frost, one of the 24 solar terms, is around 65438+1October 23rd every year. The first frost solar term means that the weather is getting colder and the first frost appears. It is the last solar term in autumn, which also means that winter is about to begin. Health care is particularly important in the first frost season. There is a folk proverb that "it is better to make up the first frost once a year", which shows the influence of this solar term on people.
Climatic characteristics
Because there is frost when it is frozen (sometimes no frost is called black frost), autumn frost and spring frost are collectively called frost.
The solar term of the first frost means that the weather is getting colder and first frost begins. To the south of latitude, the average temperature is around 16℃, and there are three solar terms before the first frost day. In the southern valley of South China, frost can only be seen in the dead of winter.
Of course, even at the same latitude, the temperature and humidity of the air close to the stratum are different due to the difference of altitude and topography, and the first frost period and frost day are also different. In the first frost season, the cool autumn wind blew to Guangzhou, the flower city. The average temperature in northeast China, eastern Inner Mongolia and most parts of northwest China has been below 0℃.
Local custom
In some parts of China, red persimmons should be eaten in the first frost season. In the eyes of local people, it can not only keep out the cold and keep warm, but also nourish the bones and muscles. This is a good first frost food.
The old man in Quanzhou said that the first frost eats persimmons: the first frost eats persimmons, and the nose will not flow. In some places, the explanation of this custom is that the first frost will eat shuttlecock on this day, otherwise his lips will crack all winter. At this time, people living in rural areas will climb tall persimmon trees and pick some bright and sweet persimmons to eat.
How did you live in the first frost in Taiwan Province Province in southern Fujian? Eating ducks, of course. On the day of the first frost, people in Taiwan Province Province in southern Fujian should take supplements, which is what we often say in the north. There is a proverb in southern Fujian that it is better to make up the first frost within one year. From this little proverb, we can fully express the people's attention to the first frost solar terms in Fujian and Taiwan.
Therefore, every time the first frost comes, the ducks in Fujian and Taiwan will sell very well, and sometimes they will be out of stock, which is in short supply. The bosses who are happy to sell ducks can't control their mouths.
First frost, Guangxi, eating beef in solar terms. The first frost is a good time for tonic. As the saying goes, winter mending is not as good as first frost mending, winter mending is too greasy, and first frost sun mending is excellent. In order to welcome the arrival of the first frost solar terms, many places have the custom of eating beef dinner in the first frost. Residents in Yulin, Guangxi are used to eating fried noodles with beef river for breakfast, fried radish with beef for lunch or dinner, or beef brisket pot to replenish energy and pray for warmth and strength in winter.