The cold and snow are waiting for the return of spring

"There is a big cold year, not in the three nines but in the four nines."

The Great Cold is the last of the twenty-four solar terms and the last of winter. Like "Little Cold", "Big Cold" is a solar term that indicates how cold the weather is.

In the ancient book "Twenty-Four Solar Terms", it is said: "The great one is the limit of the cold." It can be seen that in the eyes of the ancients, the great cold is the coldest period of the year.

Although the cold tide frequently moves south at this time, and the wind and snow make the weather cold from time to time, the earth is quietly warming, "the residual snow is dark with the ice shoots, and the new spring sneaks back to the willows." This means that the harsh winter is coming to an end and spring is coming.

The great cold ushers in the new year

After the great cold and spring, that is, usher in the new year's solar cycle. The New Year's Festival is just around the beginning of the spring, and the taste of the cold is getting stronger and stronger.

The "Great Cold" festival often coincides with the time at the end of the year, and is closely related to the Spring Festival of sending the old and welcoming the new, so the mainland folk also have the saying of "the Great Cold to Welcome the New Year". As soon as the cold came, the Spring Festival was getting closer and closer, and the taste of the New Year was getting stronger and stronger, and people began to follow the traditional customs, busy sweeping the house to remove dust, remove the old cloth and the new, make New Year dishes, and buy New Year goods, looking forward to the family reunion, waiting for the arrival of the "one-year-old in the sound of firecrackers".

During the "great cold" season, the human body continues to be affected by the cold environment, and it is still necessary to conform to the laws of nature, adhere to the cold and keep warm, and avoid being attacked by wind and cold.

With the arrival of the Great Cold Festival

How should I eat in response to the times?

In terms of diet, it is necessary to be able to resist the cold and store energy, the amount of supplement can be gradually reduced, and the food with ascendancy is moderately increased, such as radish, onion, mustard greens, lotus root, etc.; you can also choose healthy spleen, stomach protection, qi-friendly cereals and fruits and vegetables to regulate the spleen and stomach, nourish the internal organs, and prepare for the upcoming spring.

Xiaobian recommends several delicacies

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01

Eight treasure rice

It is a food of the Great Cold Festival custom

It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and strengthening the qi, nourishing the blood and calming the spirit

Eight treasure rice is quite allegorical

Whether it is the name of "Eight Treasures"

Or the lily in its material (100 years of good union)

Lotus seeds (even the birth of Takako) and so on have a beautiful meaning

The shape and sweetness of the eight treasure rice

There is also the meaning of roundness and sweetness

02

"Big cold, big cold, windproof and cold"

You can eat more red food during the cold season

Warm up

For example, goji berries, carrots, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, red peppers and so on

Carrot stewed beef bone broth

It's a seasonal soup

03

Eat turnips in winter and eat ginger in summer

Cold season

Stew on a pot of radish bone broth

The most is to warm the stomach and comfort ~

Turnips are sweet

The soup is thick

Take a bite down

The cold of winter has been dispelled

Produced by China Meteorological News

Source: Chinese Meteorological Science