When is the Minor Cold this year? A little cold or a big cold?
When the sun reaches 285° of ecliptic longitude (Minor Cold), it marks the arrival of the coldest days of the year for China. So when is the date of Minor Cold this year? A little cold or a big cold? Come and learn with me!When is the Minor Cold this year?This year's Minor Cold is on January 5, 2021 at 11:23:17, TuesdayIn life, in addition to paying attention to keeping warm on a daily basis, when the Lesser Cold season comes, people begin to busy themselves with writing Spring Festival couplets, cutting window flowers, buying New Year pictures, colorful lanterns, firecrackers, incense, etc., in preparation for the Spring Festival. In terms of diet, eating mutton hotpot, sugar-fried chestnuts and roasted sweet potatoes has become a fashion. There is a saying that goes, "Nourish yourself in the coldest days of winter and you will be healthy next year," which means eating mutton in winter is good for nourishing the body. According to the "Miscellaneous Notes of Tianjin", there was a custom of eating yellow sprouts during the Minor Cold in Tianjin in the old days. Qingcai is a specialty of Tianjin, made from green vegetable sprouts. After winter, cut off the stems and leaves of the cabbage, leaving only the heart, about two inches from the ground, cover it with manure and make it airtight. Eat it after half a month. It will be crispy and tender, making up for the deficiency of vegetables in winter. Moreover, the living standards of modern people have improved, and a variety of vegetables and meat are available in all seasons. We no longer have to worry about vegetable shortages in winter as we did before. A little cold or a big cold?According to my country's long-term meteorological records, the Great Cold solar term is not as cold as the Lesser Cold solar term in the northern region. As we all know, the 24 solar terms originated in the Yellow River Basin. Since Minor Cold is colder in the northern regions, why did the ancients add a Greater Cold after Minor Cold instead of arranging them in reverse order? It turns out that the ancients particularly emphasized that "things will turn around when they reach their extremes", and believed that the "Way of Heaven" of the alternation of cold and hot weather is that the cold will quickly warm up. If the Great Cold comes before the Lesser Cold, there will be no feeling of "warming up" after the coldest moment, so the Great Cold is put at the end, so the Beginning of Spring will return after the Great Cold, which is in line with the "things will turn around when they reach their extremes" principle. There is another saying that the Lesser Cold in winter corresponds exactly to the Lesser Heat in summer, so it is called "Lesser Cold"; the Greater Cold in winter corresponds exactly to the Greater Heat in summer, so it is called "Greater Cold".Conclusion: The "Minor Cold" solar term is one of the more iconic ones in winter, and it indicates that you should start preparing to keep warm. |
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