"After a long rain and heavy sun, before the cold and light snow", the light snow is the second solar term after entering the winter, which means that the day is colder, but when the snowflakes fly in the sky, how can this poetic winter not be loved?
Poetry flutters, a piece of cold
After the winter, the weather is getting colder and colder, a new round of cold wave is about to hit, and some places have begun to snow, which ushers in a small snow festival.
After entering the light snow festival, snow began to fall in the north, but the amount of snow was not large, so it was called light snow. As it is said in the "Explanation of the Seventy-two Waiting For the Moon Order": "In the middle of October, the rain is thinned by the cold, so it condenses into snow." The small ones are not prosperous. The "Qunfang Spectrum" also says: "The snow is cold and the snow will be snowy, and the ground is not cold or even the snow is not big." ”
Children often ask incredulously, "Where did the snow come about?" Mr. Lu Xun once said, "Snow is the soul of rain."
Snow is actually a natural phenomenon of water condensing in the air and falling again, and the "Han Poetry Biography" of the Western Han Dynasty mentions the form of snow: "Where there are five more flowers of grass and trees, and six snowflakes alone." "This is to say that snow is very special in the form of natural things, it is a hexagonal ice crystal, as beautiful as a flower, so it is also called snowflakes.
The English Romantic poet Shelley's Ode to the West Wind says: "Winter is coming, will spring be far away?" "Although it is a harsh winter and ice and snow in front of you, people's thoughts and emotions can break through time and space, as if they can foresee the scene of spring business."
The Tang Dynasty poet Han Yu has two poems that say: "White snow is too late in spring, so it wears the garden tree as a flying flower", the white snow seems to dislike the pace of spring is too slow, the spring color comes too late, and even one after another, like falling petals through the branches of the trees in the courtyard, decorating itself with a spring color.
Ice and snow, gifts from winter
We often say that the ice and snow melt, the northerners eat popsicles, the southerners eat snow bars, so what is the difference between ice and snow?
The golden image of "ice" is not like the ice cubes we see today? On the left are "water" and on the right are two frozen blocks of ice. In fact, the ancient character for "ice" is written as "仌", and the Shuowen Jiezi explains: "仌, freeze also." Like the shape of water condensation. Duan Yu commented: "Like the first condensation of water, Wen Liye." This means that the glyph is like the texture of water when it has just frozen and condensed into ice. So some people say that this is like a simple painting of ice flowers.
Why was it written as "ice" later? Because the glyph "仌" in ancient times was easily confused with other characters, people borrowed "ice" to mean "仌". The small seal of "ice", the left side is naturally "仌", the right side is "water", the "Explanation of The Explanation of Words" explains: "Ice, water jianye." From the water. ”
Simply put, a solid made of frozen water is called ice. We see that ice is mostly transparent and colorless, smooth, so it is often used as a metaphor for the pure and loyal heart, honesty and integrity.
For example, Wang Changling's two poems: "Luoyang relatives and friends as if asking each other, a piece of ice heart in the jade pot", this is the poet to show the heart, if Luoyang relatives and friends ask me about my recent situation, then please tell them that I am still a piece of ice heart, packed in a white jade pot.
And snow, it is made of a combination of water vapor and dust in the sky, and has the shape of a flower, so there is a snowflake, it is white, so there is a word called snow white.
Check a copy of the cold, the cold winter is already on the way
Back to the season of light snow. In addition to the characteristics of the cold weather and the beginning of light snowfall, what phenology can we observe the arrival and evolution of the snow festival?
In ancient China, light snow was divided into three seasons: "One weather rainbow is hidden, the second weather rises and the earth's atmosphere falls, and the third weather is blocked into winter." ”
Rainbow is the rain after the air contains countless water droplets, refracting the formation of sunlight, when the rainy season has passed, only snowflakes float down, the rainbow will naturally not appear again. Therefore, Xu Chang of the Tang Dynasty had two poems like this: "A small snow solstice in winter, and a rainbow in the evening of the festival." "This is the first season of light snow.
The second weather rises and the earth's atmosphere falls, and the third weather is closed into winter, which means that at this time, due to the rise of the yang in the sky and the decline of the yin in the land, the yin and yang do not intersect, the heavens and the earth are not connected, the heavens and the earth are blocked, and it turns into a cold winter. Rivers freeze, crops don't grow, and everything loses its vitality.
Wait for a patch of snow and write a fairytale winter
After the light snow, the weather is cold, the snow is frozen, the animals have to hibernate, and people also have to reserve some grain and vegetables to spend the winter.
In the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas of East China, cold vegetables will be pickled during the snow season. In the Qing Dynasty, Li Tizhai described this scene in his "Introduction to Bamboo Branches in Zhenzhou": "After a little snow, people pickle vegetables, known as 'cold vegetables'. ”
In addition, people also fry glutinous rice and store it for boiling water in the cold winter. After the light snow, the temperature drops rapidly, the weather becomes dry, and it is a good time to process bacon, so some farmers have also begun to make their own sausages and bacon, and wait until the Spring Festival to enjoy it.
In the north, during the snow season, most people eat shabu lamb. There are also people who start to make wine on a snowy day, calling it "small snow wine".
As soon as the snowy day arrives, it reminds people that it is time to keep warm from the cold. During the snow festival, outdoor activities can be appropriately reduced to avoid the consumption of yang qi. When the weather is cold, the human body is prone to respiratory diseases, such as upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, etc., especially in children, in this season, climate change is obvious, do not pay attention to clothing to keep warm, it is easy to cause influenza and bronchitis.
In the light snow season, you can continue to follow the "thin clothing method", that is, slowly add clothes, do not wear too thick and bloated at once. Pay attention to keep warm at the same time, you can not wear more sweat, because the sweat hole is wide open, it is easy to induce wind and evil cold to invade the human body.
In addition to keeping warm and cold, it is very necessary to increase the heat of the human body. In this season, it is advisable to eat some warm foods, such as lamb, beef, chicken, etc., and you can also eat more foods that are beneficial to the kidneys, such as cashew nuts, yams, chestnuts, white fruits and so on.
Snowy days are often cold and obscure, easy to make people sullen, at this time may wish to go out to see the snow, listen to music, if you do not see the snow, you can also recite a few ancient poems to appreciate the snow, live a poetic winter, let the mood be happy.
Bai Juyi's poem is filled with a warm and cheerful, warm and fiery atmosphere in the cold snow: "Green ant new wine, red clay small stove." Late to the day want snow, can you drink a cup of nothing? "Inviting two or three friends to drink together during the snow season, talking at night with candles and talking about the world is also a great joy in life."