Five Absolute "Great Cold"
Wu Zhiguo
self-elimination of ice melt and snow,
Fu the old and hope for the new peach.
In the sound of artillery fighting,
Spring is not far away.
(Tao Fu: In Chinese folk culture, a peach wood board painted with an image of a god and hung on the door to avoid evil.) Every year on New Year's Day, the old peach talisman is removed and replaced with a new one. The new peach and old talisman come from Wang Anshi's poem, which contains the good wish to get rid of the old and welcome the new. Cannon fight: Another name for firecrackers. ）
The Great Cold, the last of the 24 solar terms, is celebrated on January 20-21 of the Gregorian calendar every year. The Great Cold Solar Term is in the three-ninth and four-ninth periods, when the cold wave frequently moves south, which is the coldest time of the year. Folk proverb: "Small cold and big cold, no wind and cold." "Big cold means that the weather is extremely cold.
The big cold is divided into three waits: "First wait, chicken milk is also raised; The second wait, the sign of birds is fierce; Sanhou, Mizusawa strong belly. "The great cold solar term often coincides with the Spring Festival at the end of the year, so there are many elements of resignation and welcoming the new in folk customs. At this time, people are busy removing the old and decorating the new, pickling the wax flavor, and preparing the New Year goods, because the most important festival of Chinese, the Spring Festival, is approaching. As the last solar term at the end of the year, although it is in the agricultural leisure season, every family is "busy" - busy with the New Year, which is the custom of "welcoming the New Year with the Great Cold". During the period from the Great Cold to the Lunar New Year, there will be a series of activities among the people, such as: "eating glutinous", "drinking", "making teeth", "sweeping dust", "pasting windows", "wax flavor", "rushing to get married", "taking advantage of the market", "bathing", "sticking the New Year red" and so on.
"After the big cold, exactly one year." Great cold health care pays attention to the word "Tibet", going to bed early and getting up late, combining work and rest, maintaining a comfortable mood, so that the qi and blood in the body are harmonious, and the yang qi hidden in the body is not disturbed, so as to achieve "positive qi is stored inside, and evil cannot be done." In order to gradually adapt to the seasonal characteristics of spring comfort and rising, you can properly eat sweet vegetables such as cabbage, rape, carrots, and cauliflower.
