Is the Great Cold in 2019 a good day? When is the Great Cold this year?

Is the Great Cold in 2019 a good day? When is the Great Cold this year?
The Great Cold solar term is a time when the weather is freezing cold. As the saying goes, "The Great Cold and the Lesser Cold are so cold that your chin can freeze off," which just shows that this is a cold season. So, is the Great Cold in 2019 a good time? In the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, the coldest days of winter arrive as expected. Shuimoxiansheng.com presents you with wonderful content for the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2018.

Is the Great Cold in 2019 a good day? When is the Great Cold this year?

Lunar calendar time: December 15, 2018 16:58:56
Gregorian calendar time: Sunday, January 20, 2019 16:58:56
Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches: Wuxu Year, Yichou Month, Dingsi Day Five Elements: Earth Earth, Wood Earth, Fire Fire Eight Characters: Flat Earth Wood, Sea Gold, Sand Earth [According to the Old Almanac]
[Do not use it for important matters during the day]
Praying for blessings, opening warehouses, attending school, offering sacrifices, tailoring clothes, seeking heirs, seeking wealth, and wearing a hairpin [taboos in the old almanac]
[Do not use it for important matters during the day]
Opening the market, registering a contract, collecting money, separating, litigating, setting up the bed, moving into the house, building, breaking ground, building a house, putting up the beam, getting married, sailing, receiving a marriage proposal, installing doors, erecting pillars, buying property, collecting livestock, traveling, going out, seeking medical treatment, God of Wealth position, God of Happiness: Due South, God of Fortune: Due East, God of Wealth: Southwest, Twelve Gods set their positions, God of Duty Jade Hall (zodiacal day)
Although the Great Cold Day of the lunar calendar in 2018 is a Jade Hall Yellow Road Day, which is a fixed position, it is also a Four Waste Day, so everything is unlucky and it is not suitable to hold various civil activities, so it is not a very good day.

What are the local customs during the Great Cold?

Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei and other places - eat Ciba Ciba is a kind of rice cake made by steaming and mashing glutinous rice. It is mostly popular in southern regions such as Guizhou, Chongqing, Sichuan, Hubei, etc. It has a softer and stickier texture than rice rice cake, and is mostly eaten with sugar for a sweet taste.
Shanghai - Eating hairy crab rice cake Hairy crab rice cake is a delicious local specialty in Shanghai cuisine. Compared with various types of sea crabs, the meat of hairy crab is more tender and sweeter. The soft and chewy rice cake slices fully absorb the freshness of the crab meat and the rich aroma of the seasoning, and are in no way inferior to the sweet and fresh hairy crab.
Yunnan - Eating Erkua Rice Cake Erkua Rice Cake is made by washing, soaking, steaming, pounding and kneading rice into shape. It is usually cut into thin slices and fried into thin filaments. The famous snack "Tengchong Dajiujia" in Tengchong, Yunnan, actually refers to fried Erkua Rice Cake. Or some people use it to "pretend" to be a burrito and put some stuff in it to eat.
Saibei - There are not only white rice cakes but also yellow rice cakes whose main ingredients are glutinous rice flour and rhubarb rice. This is a dish eaten in some northern regions of China. Yellow rice cakes are usually added with red beans and red dates to increase the sweetness. It is a childhood favorite of many northern children.
Ningbo - Eating Water-Ground Rice Cake Speaking of rice cake, Ningbo water-ground rice cake is probably the most famous one. After soaking the rice in spring water for 24 hours, the water is controlled and ground into the nectar, hence the name "water grinding". Finally, it is squeezed into powder, kneaded, and steamed. The smooth rice cake looks chewy and is usually fried, stir-fried or cooked in soup.

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