The Great Cold is the last of the twenty-four solar terms of the year
The Lapa Festival is the first festival after entering the Waxing Moon
In the statistics of the past decade
Only this year, the two days coincided
Coincidentally, they are all related to the Spring Festival
Great cold season
Jan 20, 2021 @ 4:40pm
The sky is cold and green, and the north wind is called dry mulberry. Thick ice without cracks, short days with cold light
—— Mengjiao,"Bitter Cold Chant"
Today we usher in the great cold season
In the "Explanation of the Seventy-Two Waiting For the Moon Order", Dahan is explained:
"Great cold, mid-December. Before you understand it"
That is to say, the real harsh winter waxing moon is coming
In ancient China, the Great Cold Festival was divided into three seasons
Waiting for chicken milk refers to the chicken sensing the spring air in advance
Prepare to start hatching chicks
The second weather sign bird disease refers to the severe cold weather at this time
The birds must be tough to grab more food to resist the cold
The three seasons of water are strong, which refers to the extreme cold
The waters of the lake or the river are frozen
However, according to the principle that things must be reversed, the spring aquatic life in the depths of the solid ice
When it freezes to the extreme, it will begin to ablation
The big cold is the same as the little cold festival
Both are solar terms that indicate how cold the weather is
The Great Cold Festival represents the coldest period of the year
It was cold and freezing, windy and cold
It can be found according to the meteorological observation records of modern China
Except for certain coastal areas
The lowest temperatures throughout the year may occur outside of the Great Cold Season
In most parts of our country, the cold of the great cold festival
Compared with the small cold festival, the degree is relatively weak
The Great Cold Festival is also a four-sequence tail sweeping, annual closing solar term
Even if it is frozen, people "three nine four nine" can not shoot
But it is a happy new year, and it is necessary to work hard to get busy before and after
Therefore, there is a saying that the year is cold
When I happened to meet Lapa Ba, who meant that the New Year was coming soon
The busier the busier, the greater the joy
Double festivals across the country in a way to greet the New Year
People attach great importance to the Great Cold Festival or the Lapa Festival
In the final analysis, it is related to the Spring Festival and the New Year
Just as the so-called cold weather ends, return to your hometown for the New Year
The Spring Festival has always been an important festival in the minds of the Chinese people
After this year's Big Cold and Lapa Eight Double Festival
What kind of way will the whole country welcome the New Year?
Shaanxi: Paper-cutting
As a kind of hollow art
The art of paper-cutting is one of the oldest Chinese folk arts
Through a pair of scissors, a piece of paper
You can express all kinds of joys and sorrows in life
Shaanxi runs from south to north, such as the Loess Plateau and the Guanzhong Plain
Around the time of the Great Cold or Lapa Festival
Red paper-cut works can be seen everywhere
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Henan Junxian County: Mud Gollum
In the Land of the Central Plains
Mud Gollum is a traditional handicraft with a long history
During the Spring Festival every year
Craftsmen in Henan's Junxian County make mud gollums
Its production tools are mainly shaped bamboo tubes and bamboo sticks
Use these utensils to create a variety of animal images
Ancient and simple, cute mud cuckoo
Pinning the hopes of the working people for a better life in the coming year
YiXian County, Anhui: Laba tofu
Around the time of the great cold
People in Yixian County, Anhui Province, make a kind of tofu shaped like persimmon cake
In the old days, people salted the finished tofu
Wear it with a rope and hang it in front of the window to dry until the New Year
Because the weather outside is cold and dry at this time, it is very suitable for air drying
The dried tofu has almost no moisture
It can be stored at room temperature for three months without deterioration
People call it Laba Tofu according to the time of making
Shandong: Flower buns
In the Rusi area, it used to be more than just the eighth season
As early as the cold time, families began to steam flower cakes and make flower buns
Prepare for the New Year
The flowers of the flower bun are decorated with natural-looking flowers, birds, insects, fish and butterflies
Vegetables and fruits and other creatures are the mainstay
It means that step by step, life is getting better and better every year
Liuzhou, Guangxi: Played the same year
"Fight in the same year" is Liuzhou Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Guangxi
An important form of greeting the Lapa Festival
It is also a networking activity for local ethnic minority villages
"Same year" is a mutual name for those who participate in the event
Miao compatriots wear festive costumes, in the same year of greeting, respecting the same year
Celebrate the festival in traditional folk culture such as the same year
Start a lively chapter for the new year ahead
Zhejiang: Lawei Festival
For Zhejiang, wax flavor is a must-have delicacy for the New Year
After the Great Cold or Lapa Festival
The ancient city of Shaoxing has a "waxing moon wind plot" that attracts tourists
Every household here has to wait until the new year comes
Making wax flavor (sausage, fish sauce, etc.)
In ancient times, there were many merchants in Zhejiang
Merchants were busy with business everywhere and couldn't go home early
So I soothed my homesickness with the taste of wax
So to this day
There is also a custom of making wax flavor during the wax moon
Sausage is the most important representative of the taste
WINTER
When the Great Cold and the Eight Festivals of Lapa meet
It indicates that we can look forward to the arrival of the New Year
Let winter everything be cold and snowy
Melt in the joy of welcoming the New Year
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Picture from: Network, Visual China, One Map
Edited / Kun Kun Ai Kou
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