What are the customs of Minor Cold? What are the traditional foods during Xiaohan?
Minor Cold marks the official start of the winter season. So what are the customs of Minor Cold? What are the traditional foods during Xiaohan? Let’s take a look at the following content!What are the customs of Minor Cold?1. Visit plum blossomsAt this time, the wintersweets are in bloom and the red plums are in bud. Choose an ideal scenic spot with plum blossoms and appreciate them carefully. You will smell the elegant fragrance and your mind will be refreshed and invigorated. 2. Ice play In the northern provinces of my country, the weather is extremely cold after winter, and the ice period is extremely long, often starting from November until April of the following year. Between spring and winter, the river surface is frozen thickly and people have to use sleds to travel on the ice. The sled is either pulled by a horse, led by a dog, or pushed forward by the rider holding a wooden pole and rowing like a boat. In areas where the ice is particularly thick, there are usually ice beds for pedestrians to play on. There are also people who race on the ice wearing ice skates, which was called ice play in ancient times. The History of Song Dynasty records: "According to the tradition, they stayed overnight in the fasting garden and played with ice." The Imperial Records of the Past Records of Japan records: "To the west of Xihua Gate is the West Garden, which is named West Garden Gate. At the entrance is the Taiye Pond. In winter, people would play with ice and practice hard work and reward each other." The Miscellaneous Notes of Yiqing Pavilion records the old customs of Peking: "In the Ming Dynasty, there was a enthusiast at Jishuitan. He connected more than ten beds, brought a large basket of wine utensils, spread them on the ice, and drank from the ice. He was also very happy." 3. La Festival "Xiao Han" is the solar term in the twelfth lunar month. As the ancients would hold the La Festival in December to worship all gods, the twelfth month when the La Festival was held was called the La Yue. The wood meaning of La is "connection", which means the connection between the old and the new. La Festival is one of my country's ancient sacrificial customs, which was formed as early as the pre-Qin period. Han Yingjie's "Customs and Practice". "La Festival" says: "La means hunting, which means hunting animals in the fields to sacrifice to their ancestors. Some say that La means connection, the connection between the new and the old, so a grand sacrifice is held to repay the merits." "La Festival" has three meanings. The first is to show that one has not forgotten the origin of himself and his family, and to express respect and remembrance for his ancestors. The second is to offer sacrifices to the gods and thank them for their contributions to agriculture over the past year. Third, people have worked hard all year round, and now is the time to rest from farming, so they can take this opportunity to have some fun. Since the Zhou Dynasty, the custom of "La Festival" has been passed down from generation to generation, from the emperor, princes to ordinary people, everyone is no exception. What food should we eat on the day of Xiaohan?Eat vegetable riceIn ancient times, Nanjing people attached great importance to Minor Cold, but with the changes of the times, its importance has gradually faded, and now people can only find traces of it in their lives. During the Minor Cold, people in Nanjing usually cook vegetable rice. The contents of the vegetable rice are different. Some people cook it with dwarf yellow vegetables, bacon slices, sausage slices or diced pressed duck, and then add some chopped ginger and glutinous rice. It is very fragrant and delicious. Among them, short-legged yellow rice, sausages and pressed duck are all famous specialties of Nanjing. They can be said to be the real "Nanjing vegetable rice" and can even be compared with Laba porridge. Drink chicken soup Old Nanjing people have the habit of eating a chicken on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month and eating an egg every day for nourishment, so chicken soup and eggs are indispensable on the citizens' tables on the day of Minor Cold. It is said that when chicken bones and chicken are slowly simmered over low heat, most of the nutrients will dissolve into the soup, making it very easy for the human body to absorb. It is an excellent tonic for replenishing qi and blood in winter and is also high in calcium. Frozen Pear Frozen pears are ordinary white pears that are frozen until they turn black. After washing, you can eat them. They look black and inconspicuous, but they have a crisp, sweet taste that is unforgettable. Put a few frozen pears in a basin of water to thaw. People in Northeast China call "thawing" "slow" or "dissipating", and thus formed a idiom: Frozen autumn pears on New Year's Eve - you're looking for peeling (dissipating) them. |
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