When is the Minor Cold in 2018? What to eat during Xiaohan?
Minor Cold is in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar. It is a cold winter with snow and everything is silent. As a nation of foodies, what do we eat at this time? In the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, whether it is weddings or family affairs, everything is happy. The Fortune Teller website brings you the blessings of the winter month to bring you auspicious warmth. I wish you all the best!When is the Minor Cold in 2018?The Minor Cold in 2018 is on Friday, January 5th.Suitable: getting married, setting up beds, building stoves, offering sacrifices, accepting betrothal gifts, taking up a post, seeking offspring, retiring, building, breaking ground, erecting pillars, raising beams, planting meridians, building houses, mourning, digging wells, and catching. Unsuitable: fasting and offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, opening the market, setting up bonds, collecting money, shipping, burying, moving coffins, breaking ground, drilling, burying, accepting livestock, moving, moving into new homes, installing incense, traveling, separating, and opening warehouses. What to eat during Xiaohan?Laba porridge, in terms of diet, one of the important folk customs during the "Minor Cold" solar term is to eat "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."The above-mentioned foods are all sweet and warm in nature, and have the effects of regulating the spleen and stomach, tonifying the middle and replenishing Qi, nourishing Qi and blood, dispelling cold and strengthening the body, and promoting body fluid and quenching thirst. The ancient Chinese called porridge "the best thing in the world for nourishing people" and believed that eating porridge could prolong life. Li Shizhen said in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that porridge can "replenish qi, produce body fluids, nourish the spleen and stomach, and treat deficiency and cold." Zhang Lei's "Porridge Notes" also said: "Every morning, eat a large bowl of porridge. The empty stomach will make the grain gas work. The porridge is not fine, but very soft and smooth, which is in harmony with the stomach and intestines. It is the best secret of diet." |
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