When is Minor Cold in 2019? What are the customs of Minor Cold?

When is Minor Cold in 2019? What are the customs of Minor Cold?
Introduction: Minor Cold is one of the 24 solar terms, but the time of Minor Cold is not the same every year. So when is Xiaohan in 2019 and what are the customs of Xiaohan? In the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, the north wind was biting and the cold current was rolling, brewing a heavy snow. Shuimoxiansheng.com presents you with wonderful content for November 2018 of the lunar calendar.

When is Minor Cold in 2019?

Saturday, January 5, 2019 (the 30th day of the winter month in the Year of the Dog, 8 days away from the Minor Cold of 2019)
Minor Cold is the 23rd solar term in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar and the fifth solar term in winter, marking the official beginning of the winter season. When the sun reaches 285° of ecliptic longitude (Xiao Han), it marks the arrival of the coldest day of the year for China.
According to China's meteorological data, Minor Cold is the solar term with the lowest temperature, and only in a few years does the temperature of Major Cold fall below that of Minor Cold.

What are the customs of Xiaohan?

Minor Cold Customs: Laba Porridge <br /> In terms of diet, one of the important folk customs during the Minor Cold solar term is eating "Laba Porridge". The "Yanjing Sui Shi Ji" records that "Laba porridge is made of yellow rice, white rice, glutinous rice, millet, water chestnut rice, chestnuts, red cowpeas, peeled jujube paste, etc., boiled with water, and then dyed with red peach kernels, almonds, melon seeds, peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, white sugar, brown sugar, and grapes for coloring."
Minor Cold Customs: Drawing and Counting to Nine <br /> The Minor Cold of the 24 Solar Terms originated in the Yellow River Basin. It is said that in the early years, farmers in the Yellow River Basin would use the "Nine-Nine Cold Elimination Chart" to avoid the cold and maintain health during the Minor Cold. The Jiujiu Xiaohan Tu is a double-hooked and traced red calligraphy with the words "The willows in front of the pavilion are waiting for the spring phoenix" in traditional Chinese characters. Each character has nine strokes, totaling eighty-one strokes. Starting from the winter solstice, one stroke is filled in every day according to the stroke order. After every nine days, one character is filled in until spring returns to the earth. Only then is the Jiujiu Xiaohan Tu considered complete.
Xiaohan custom: eating vegetable rice <br /> Eating vegetable rice during Xiaohan is an old Nanjing custom. Nanjing people attach great importance to Minor Cold. They will cook glutinous rice with ginger, dwarf yellow, bacon slices, sausage slices or diced pressed duck to make vegetable rice. In 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.
Xiaohan custom: eating glutinous rice <br /> Traditionally in Guangzhou, glutinous rice is eaten on the morning of Xiaohan. To avoid it being too sticky, it is usually 60% glutinous rice and 40% fragrant rice. Cut the bacon and Chinese sausage into small pieces and fry them. Fry the peanuts and add some chopped green onions. Mix them with the rice and eat.

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