The east wind blows the rain little cold, and the willows fly into chaos at night.
Minor Cold is the 23rd solar term in the 24 solar terms and the fifth solar term in winter. Cold air accumulates for a long time, at this time is around the "39", minor cold marks the beginning of the coldest day of the year.
Minor cold is divided into three hou: the first hou Yanbei Township, the second hou magpie nest, the third hou pheasant start robin.
In most areas of China, the period between Minor Cold and Major Cold is generally the coldest period, and once the "minor cold" is over, it will enter the thirty-nine days of "going out on the ice".
Minor cold custom
Eat glutinous rice
In Guangzhou, people eat glutinous rice in the morning on minor Cold day. Sticky rice is not just boiled glutinous rice so simple, inside will be paired with fried "labi" (Cantonese sausage and bacon called "labi"), coriander, onion and other materials, eat up a special aroma. "Labi" is necessary for making glutinous rice, on the one hand, it is high in fat content and cold resistance; On the other hand, the glutinous rice itself is sticky, the rice smell is heavy, and it needs some oils and fats to eat it.
Eat vegetables and rice
To minor cold, the old Nanjing will generally cook rice. The content of vegetable rice is not the same, useful dwarf foot yellow, green vegetables and bacon slices, sausage slices or duck cubes, and then chop some ginger grains and glutinous rice together to cook, very fragrant and delicious. Among them, dwarf yellow, sausage and duck are famous specialties of Nanjing, which can be described as the real "Nanjing vegetable rice", comparable to Laba porridge.
Drink Laba porridge
Minor cold season, before and after the Laba, that is, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month every year, also known as the "magic weapon festival", "Buddha into the Dao Festival", "into the Dao meeting" and so on. Originally a Buddhist festival to commemorate the enlightenment of Buddha Sakyamuni, it later became a traditional Chinese festival. Laba Festival is mainly popular in northern China, the festival custom is to drink Laba porridge, in order to pray for good weather in the coming year, the harvest.
The health of minor cold
Keep warm
Minor cold is one of the coldest solar terms of the year, at this time, it is the most important to keep warm in the daily life, especially for the shoulder, neck, feet and other parts that are prone to cold to care. For the elderly, they should pay attention to ventilation while keeping warm, and closely prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Exercise and fitness
Minor cold weather dry cold, should be more outdoor sports, such as jogging, jumping rope, kicking shuttlecock. In winter, more exercise in the sun, can strengthen the body, enhance the body\'s ability to keep out the cold, but also make the spirit happy and optimistic.
Soak your feet to ward off the cold
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "blood congeals when it encounters cold", so it is very important to keep healthy for minor cold. The so-called cold starts at the feet, and the most obvious feeling for most people in winter is that their feet are cold. So every night before going to sleep with hot water feet, you can receive a better cold effect, but also to promote sleep.
Warm toning is appropriate
In winter, especially after minor cold solar term, the weather is cold, and reasonable supplements can timely replenish Qi and blood, dispel cold and strengthen the body. Supplementing minor cold is mainly to tonifying kidney, and warming tonifying is appropriate. You can eat more warm food, such as leeks, dates, lamb, pork liver, chicken, etc., to keep warm.
