Is the day of Minor Cold good? What is suitable to do on the day of Xiaohan?

Is the day of Minor Cold good? What is suitable to do on the day of Xiaohan?
Minor Cold marks the beginning of the coldest days of the year, so how is the day of Minor Cold? What is suitable to do on the day of Xiaohan? Let’s take a look at the following content!

Is the day of Minor Cold good?

2021 Xiaohan calendar query:
November 30, 2020 (Lunar calendar)
Capricorn (Saturday, January 5, 2020)
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
Marry, bring in money, open business, set up bed, build stove, start drilling, repair graves, bury, recruit son-in-law, plant, fast and pray, pray for offspring, pray for money, end mourning, end taking office, erect pillars, raise beams, bring in livestock, establish contracts, raise livestock, seek medical treatment, consecrate
[Today’s taboos in the almanac]
Separation, return home, travel, sacrifice, pray, build, break ground, build embankments, release water, open warehouses, move into new homes, offer incense, and receive gifts

What is suitable to do on the day of Xiaohan?

Activities on the day of Xiaohan: preparing New Year's goods
The Minor Cold is the 23rd solar term among the 24 solar terms, so the arrival of the Minor Cold means that our Spring Festival is not far away. Therefore, during the Lesser Cold, the festive atmosphere becomes stronger in many places. Every household has begun to busy themselves with writing Spring Festival couplets, cutting window flowers, going to the market to buy New Year pictures, lanterns, firecrackers, etc., in preparation for the Spring Festival.
Activities on the day of Xiaohan: Eating vegetable rice
When the Lesser Cold solar term comes, old Nanjing people have the custom of cooking and eating rice. Because vegetable rice is a warm food, it can be regarded as the best food in the cold winter months. If it is paired with hot mutton soup, it can remove moisture, warm the heart and stomach, and replenish yang. It can be called "replenishing the winter in the first nine days of winter." ”
Activities on the day of Xiaohan: Drink Laba porridge
The day of Minor Cold is close to the traditional Chinese Laba Festival, so in some places there is a custom of drinking Laba porridge on the day of Minor Cold. It is said that Laba porridge has the effects of regulating the spleen and stomach, replenishing the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing qi and blood, dispelling cold and strengthening the body, and promoting body fluid and quenching thirst.

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