Weak willow thousand apricot branches, half containing spring rain and half weeping silk.
Today is February 3rd, the twenty-second day of the lunar month, which is about to usher in the first of the twenty-four solar terms at 22:58:39 - Lichun.
Li Chun, commonly known as Da Chun, the date of Li Chun is one of the 3rd, 4th or 5th of February in the Gregorian calendar every year. Just as the so-called "the plan of the year lies in the spring", "standing" represents the beginning, and "spring" means hope. "Spring is a day, a hundred grasses sprout", the earth has come to this point, everything has recovered, and the four seasons of the year have begun today.
The north "bites the spring" to eat turnips
In northern China, Lichun eats radish "biting spring", but the region is different, and the way of eating radish is not exactly the same, which can be roughly divided into raw nibbling, sliced, shredded, filling and other forms.
The custom in the northeast, north China and southwest china is to eat raw radish. It is recorded in the "History of the Ming Palace": "At the time of the next Hitachi Spring, all the nobles and lowly people chewed turnips, which was called 'biting spring'. This shows that since the Ming Dynasty, the custom of "biting spring" has become popular in Beijing. In the Linyi region of Shandong, on the day of Lichun, everyone holds a raw radish in their hands, and when the time of Lichun arrives, they will bite it down in unison. In the northeasternmost province of Heilongjiang and the southwestern region of Guizhou, people also eat raw radish, and these areas believe that eating radish raw in Lichun can get rid of spring sleepiness.
Shanxi cut radish into slices or shredded and eaten raw. The "Chronicle of Yangcheng County" records: "Folk Rai Lai Tablets, known as Biting Spring. The "Chronicle of Nangong County" records: "On the spring day, the radish is used as a fine dish, the five spices are the spring plate, and the noodles are spring cakes, which is called 'spring appreciation'." If Shandong's "biting spring" has a rough and luxurious style, then Shanxi's "spring appreciation" has a gentle and elegant atmosphere.
Radish has been cultivated in China for 2,000 years and is one of the main vegetables in most parts of China. Most of the radish in the north is of good quality, which is the premise of the prevalence of the custom of biting the radish in the north. In many regions, some excellent varieties of radish are eaten as fruit. Due to differences in geographical conditions, the fruits in the north are not as rich as in the south, especially in winter and spring, and there is a lack of fresh fruits. In the past, northerners generally could only eat a small amount of fruit during the New Year's Festival or at weddings in winter. Turnips are the main vegetables in winter and spring, and there are often vivid metaphors that compare good quality radishes to crisp pears, so peasant families often store them in large quantities, even in the city, residents can easily buy radishes on the street.
The south "bites the spring" to eat the spring plate
Spring plate is one of the southern Lichun food customs, mainly eat vegetables, take lettuce, melon fruits, cakes, sugar in the plate for the spring plate (or pieced into a plate) to feed relatives and friends or self-food, take the meaning of spring. There are five main types of fruits, vegetables, candy, cakes and bait on the plate. The main vegetables are: bean sprouts, radishes, leeks, spinach, lettuce, beans, shredded potatoes and so on. Therefore, Du Fu's poem in "Li Chun": "Spring on the spring plate of fine lettuce, suddenly recall the two Beijing plum hair." ”
Expert advice
1. In order to avoid the occurrence of spring diseases and fight against the "new crown" pneumonia epidemic, we must continue to keep warm, do not reduce clothes prematurely, and often open windows to ventilate and keep the indoor air fresh;
2. Three meals can be appropriately selected with spicy and sweet leeks, garlic seedlings, shallots, bamboo shoots, mung bean sprouts, etc., and eat less spicy things;
3. Pay proper attention to rest, go to bed early and get up early, and overcome the state of tiredness and sleepiness;
4. Increase outdoor activities and improve the defense capabilities of the fuselage. But in the case of the "new crown" pneumonia epidemic, try to minimize going to crowded places.
Let the body begin to adapt to the rhythm of spring from the state of winter hiding
All things Su Meng landscape wake up the earth yang and heating life
Welcome the arrival of spring together
China Agricultural Museum 24 Solar Terms Research Center Bai Yun
Edit: Wen Jie