When is the Great Cold solar term in the lunar calendar of 2018? What traditional food should we eat during the Great Cold?
The Great Cold represents the extreme cold in winter. The ancients said, "The cold air reaches its extreme, so it is called the Great Cold." So when is the Great Cold solar term in the lunar calendar of 2018? What traditional food is eaten during the Great Cold? In the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, follow Shuimoxiansheng.com and take a look at the contents of the lunar calendar for the twelfth month of 2018.When is the Great Cold solar term in the lunar calendar of 2018?Lunar calendar time: December 15, 2018 16:58:56Gregorian 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 2019 is a Jade Hall Huangdao Day, it is a fixed position, but it is a four waste day, so everything is unlucky and it is not suitable to hold various civil activities. What traditional food is eaten during the Great Cold?1. Chicken Soup In the cold winter season, Nanjing people’s daily diet includes more stews and broths. 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.2. The custom of eating "Xiao Han Gao" (a traditional Chinese rice cake) has a long history in Beijing. "Xiaohan Gao" is a kind of rice cake. Not only because its glutinous rice has a higher sugar content than rice, it makes the whole body feel warm after eating it. It has the effects of warming up the wind and cold, moistening the lungs and strengthening the spleen and stomach. In addition, people choose to eat rice cake on the day of "Dahan", which also means "older year", bringing good luck, peace every year, and promotion step by step. 3. Eight Treasure Rice Pudding There is a folk saying that eating glutinous rice during the Great Cold solar term is because glutinous rice can nourish the body's positive energy. After eating it, the whole body will feel hot, which plays a role in keeping out the cold, nourishing the stomach, and nourishing the body. The most typical food made from glutinous rice is Eight Treasure Rice Pudding. Steam the glutinous rice, mix it with sugar, lard and osmanthus, pour it into a container filled with red dates, coix seeds, lotus seeds, longan meat and other fruit ingredients, steam it and pour the sugar marinade on it. It has a sweet taste and is a great dish for festivals and entertaining guests. 4. There is an old saying about glutinous rice : "It is cold even without wind during the Lesser Cold and the Greater Cold." It is a traditional custom to eat glutinous rice in the morning of Lesser Cold and Greater Cold to ward off the cold. People believe that glutinous rice has a higher sugar content than rice. Eating it will make the whole body feel warm and help drive away the cold. According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, glutinous rice has the effect of nourishing the middle and replenishing qi, and it is most suitable to eat glutinous rice in cold seasons. In addition, glutinous rice symbolizes warmth, and "warm Li Li" from the beginning of the year to the end of the year is even more auspicious. |
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