Will the weather still be cold after the Great Cold? What are the customs of the Great Cold?
Introduction: In our country's traditional culture, solar terms are an important part, and Dahan is an important solar term. So will the weather still be cold after Dahan? What are the customs of Dahan? Want to know more about the twelfth lunar month of 2018? Please pay attention to Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic for the twelfth month of the lunar calendar!Will the weather still be cold after the Great Cold?After the Great Cold, there is still a possibility of a strong cold front outbreak, but warming is the general trend.The end of the Great Cold solar term marks the beginning of a new solar term, "Lichun". After that, people will gradually bid farewell to the cold and monotonous winter and move towards the vibrant spring. However, the weather in the north and south is quite different during the Great Cold season. During the Great Cold, the weather in northern my country was freezing cold, with temperatures still as low as minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius. The northernmost Mohe meteorological station even recorded a minimum temperature of -52.3 degrees. As the saying goes: "It takes a long time for the ice to freeze three feet thick." After the Winter Solstice and Lesser Cold, the permafrost layer in the north reaches its thickest during the Greater Cold, and the thickness of ice on rivers and lakes continues to increase. for example: In southern my country, the Great Cold season is a completely different scene. The winter wheat in the fields is lush and green, and the rapeseed, broad beans, various vegetables and green manure crops make the earth look vibrant. Flowers are blooming all over South China, and spring is in the air. Great Cold: Winter goes and spring comes. There is a philosophical saying that "everything goes to the extreme and then turns to the opposite." Similarly, when the weather gets extremely cold, it will transform into the opposite direction. This coincides with the saying: "When the Great Cold reaches its peak, the weather will gradually become warmer." This is the objective law of nature's evolution. What are the customs of Dahan?Dahan customs: eating Laba porridge <br /> Dahan comes 15 days after Xiaohan, and is the last of the 24 solar terms in the year. Although the weather is cold at this time, it is almost spring, so it will not be as cold as during the period from heavy snow to the winter solstice. At this time of year, people begin to get busy cleaning out the old and decorating with the new, pickling New Year's dishes, and preparing New Year's goods, because the most important festival for the Chinese people - the Spring Festival - is coming. There is also a very important day for people in the north - Laba, which is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. On this day, people use grains, peanuts, chestnuts, red dates, lotus seeds, etc. to cook a pot of sweet and delicious Laba porridge, which is an indispensable staple food for people during the Chinese New Year.Customs of the Great Cold: Tail-Girl Festival <br /> According to Chinese customs, especially in rural areas, every time the Great Cold Festival comes, people start to get rid of the old and bring in the new, pickle New Year dishes, and prepare New Year goods. During the period from Great Cold to Beginning of Spring, there are many important folk customs and festivals. Such as the year-end tooth festival, the Kitchen God festival and New Year's Eve, sometimes even our country's biggest festival, the Spring Festival, falls within this solar term. The Great Cold solar term is filled with an atmosphere of joy and happiness. It is a cheerful and relaxing solar term. The year-end party originated from the custom of worshipping the God of Land as the “tooth”. The so-called February 2nd is the first tooth, and from then on every second and sixteenth day of the lunar month, "tooth" must be held. The sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month is the last tooth. The year-end party, like the second day of the second lunar month, has spring pancakes (called runbing in the south) eaten. On this day, businessmen have banquets, and poached chicken is an indispensable dish at the banquet. It is said that whoever the chicken's head is facing indicates that person the boss will fire next year. Therefore, some bosses now generally turn the chicken head toward themselves so that their employees can enjoy the food with peace of mind and have a peaceful year after returning home. Customs of the Great Cold: Offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God<br /> The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is also known as the Little New Year. As the saying goes, "On the 23rd, sugar melons are sticky." On this day, the most important folk custom is to worship the Kitchen God and eat sesame candy. The practice of offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God and placing candies on the day of "Little New Year" actually originated from an interesting folk legend: "On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God goes to heaven; he speaks good things to the heavens and keeps the world safe." Offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God means sending the Kitchen God to heaven, so the Little New Year is also called the Kitchen God Festival. According to folklore, the Kitchen God was originally a star in the sky. Because he made a mistake, he was banished to the mortal world by the Jade Emperor and became the "Eastern Kitchen God". He sits in the middle of the kitchen stove in every household, recording how people live and behave. Every year on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God goes to heaven to report the good and evil deeds of the family to the Jade Emperor, who will reward or punish them. Therefore, the Kitchen God Festival is a festival for every family to send off the Kitchen God to heaven. Therefore, when offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God, the people would cover the Kitchen God’s mouth with syrup made from maltose under the Kitchen God’s New Year picture in the kitchen, so that he could only say nice things in front of the Jade Emperor. Dahan customs: Dahan welcomes the new year <br /> Dahan solar term often coincides with the end of the year. Therefore, during this solar term, in addition to doing farm work in accordance with the solar terms, people also have to rush around for the New Year - going to the New Year market, buying New Year's goods, writing Spring Festival couplets, preparing various sacrificial offerings, sweeping the house, getting rid of the old and bringing in the new, preparing New Year's goods, pickling various sausages and bacon, or frying and cooking various New Year dishes such as chicken, duck, fish and meat. At the same time, people worship their ancestors and various gods, praying for good weather and good harvests in the coming year. In the old days, during the Great Cold season, people could often be seen rushing to buy sesame straw on the streets. Because "sesame seeds bloom higher and higher", on New Year's Eve, people sprinkle sesame straw on the road for children to crush. The homophonic pronunciation of "broken" and "year" means auspiciousness, and the homophonic pronunciation of "broken" and "year" means "peace every year", which is to wish for good luck in the new year. This also makes the festival of Dahan, which drives away evil and welcomes good fortune, more meaningful. Great Cold Customs: Drinking Chicken Soup <br /> During the cold winter season, Nanjing people’s daily diet includes more stews and soups. The Great Cold falls around the 49th day of the lunar calendar. The traditional custom of eating one chicken for every 19th day of the lunar calendar is still respected by many families. Nanjing people mostly choose old hens, either stewing them alone or adding ginseng, wolfberries, black fungus, etc. Drinking chicken soup in the cold winter is really a pleasure. In the twelfth lunar month, old Nanjing people still like to make soup. Soups are available in all regions and the cooking methods are different. For example, soups in the north tend to be thick and sticky, while soups in the south tend to be light and delicate. Nanjing soups take the best of both north and south flavors, being neither too thick or light, nor too salty or sweet. Another reason why people in Nanjing like to eat soup in winter is that the ingredients are easy to get. They can be simple or complex, expensive or cheap. Minced meat, tofu, yam, fungus, sweet potato, pickled mustard tuber, etc. can all be made into a pot of hot soup. Add some coriander and sprinkle some white pepper powder, and you will feel warm all over after eating it. |
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