What day does Frost Descent fall on, and what are the five elements of the Frost Descent solar term?

What day does Frost Descent fall on, and what are the five elements of the Frost Descent solar term?
The 24 solar terms culture includes climate changes, various agricultural activities, local folk customs and so on. What day does Frost Descent fall on, and what are the five elements of the Frost Descent solar term? The beginning of the ninth month of the lunar calendar is the National Day of our motherland. Let’s run along with the five-star red flag and the national anthem! Shuimoxiansheng.com will help you understand the auspicious and inauspicious days in September of the lunar calendar in 2019.

What day does Frost’s Descent fall on?

——Frost Descent is the 18th solar term and also the last solar term in autumn.
How to calculate the date of Frost's Descent:

——Formula: [Y*D+C]-L
——Formula interpretation: Y=last two digits of the year, D=0.2422, L=leap year number, C=23.438 in the 21st century, C=24.218 in the 20th century.
——Example: The date of Frost Descent in 2088 = [88×0.2422+23.438]-[88/4]=44-22=22, and Frost Descent will be on October 22.
——Exception: The calculation result for 2089 is increased by 1 day.

What are the five elements of the Frost Descent solar term?

——The five elements of the Frost Descent solar term are earth.
Therefore, according to the viewpoint of TCM health preservation, in the relationship between the five tonics of the four seasons (spring needs ascending tonic, summer needs clear tonic, long summer needs light tonic, autumn needs medium tonic, and winter needs warm tonic), during the time of Frost’s Descent, this time belongs to the earth element as well as the long summer, so light tonic should be the principle, and blood and qi should be replenished to nourish the stomach. Dietary supplements should be differentiated according to the nature, taste and meridians of the food.

Eating persimmons during the Frost Descent: Keep warm and strengthen bones
——In some places in China, people eat red persimmons during the Frost's Descent season. In the eyes of local people, this not only keeps people warm but also replenishes muscles and bones. It is a very good Frost's Descent food. The old people in Quanzhou say that eating persimmons during the Frost's Descent will prevent a runny nose.
——In some places, the explanation for this custom is: You must eat persimmons on the day of Frost's Descent, otherwise your lips will be chapped throughout the winter. At this time, people living in the countryside would climb up the tall persimmon trees and pick a few shiny, sweet persimmons to eat.

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