Custom: beginning of spring should offer sacrifices to the God of Spring and Tai Sui.
Recommended diet: increase pungent, reduce sour, nourish liver and spleen. Beef, coriander, spinach, chicken liver.
Rain: The rain begins and increases gradually. Gregorian calendar, February1August-20.
Custom: On the rainy day, there is an interesting activity among the people called "Labaobao". "Bao Bao" means michel platini. The rain festival pulls michel platini, which means "rain and dew moisten and grow easily".
Recommended diet: prevent excessive internal heat and protect liver and spleen. Pumpkin, millet, bean sprouts, roses.
Sting: Sting means hiding. Sting refers to the sudden movement of spring thunder, which awakens the animals dormant in the soil and hibernating. Gregorian calendar on March 05-07.
Custom: Ask kind of garlic before and after the fright.
Recommended diet: it should be light, enhance immunity and prevent infection. Peas, black rice, jellyfish, water chestnut.
Equinox: Equinox means equal share. The vernal equinox means that day and night are equally divided. Gregorian calendar on March 20-22.
Custom: On the vernal equinox, there is a folk custom of "laying eggs vertically".
Recommended diet: relieve spring sleepiness, strengthen spleen and stomach, and prevent dryness. Jujube, yam, tremella, codonopsis pilosula.
Qingming: It's sunny and lush. Gregorian calendar on April 04-06.
Customs: On this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, traditional customs such as sweeping graves to worship ancestors, enjoying the spring outing, planting trees and grass are observed.
Recommended diet: nourish liver and spleen, prevent flu, and eat wild vegetables. Chrysanthemum, shepherd's purse, oats, chrysanthemum.
Grain Rain: Rain makes a hundred valleys. With sufficient and timely rainfall, cereal crops can thrive. Gregorian calendar in April19-21day.
Recommended diet: protect liver and spleen, prevent dampness and pathogenic factors, and dispel spring fire. Toona sinensis, Smilax glabra, bean sprouts, kelp.
Long summer: The beginning of summer. Gregorian calendar may 05-07.
Custom: In China's coastal areas, long summer has the folk custom of "fighting eggs" on this day. When fighting eggs, the head of the egg fights the head of the egg, and the tail of the egg hits the tail of the egg. Fight one by one, the loser gives up, and finally the high and low are separated. The winner of the egg head is the first, and the egg is called the king; The winner at the end of the egg is the second, and the egg is called Xiao Wang or Er Wang.
Recommended diet: increase acidity, reduce bitterness and nourish the heart. Vinegar, papaya, duck, hawthorn.
Xiaoman: The seeds of summer crops such as wheat are full. Gregorian calendar may 20-27.
Custom: On the day of Xiaoman, there are customs of "grabbing water" and "offering sacrifices to car gods".
Recommended diet: bear hardships and taste early, strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, and recommend ingredients. Cucumber, coix seed, cherry, day lily.
Miscanthus species: awned crops such as wheat are mature. Gregorian calendar on June 05-07.
Custom: On this day, people have the custom of "sending flowers to the gods" in their spare time while plowing and sowing. According to the old saying, after the Ear Seed Festival, when the fragrant flowers are shaken off and the flower god abdicates, the world will solemnly bid farewell to her to show gratitude.
Recommended diet: there is plenty of rain, so it should be light and dispel summer heat and dampness. Lentils, watermelon skin, eggplant, wax gourd.
Summer Solstice: The hot summer is coming. Gregorian calendar on June 21-22.
Recommended diet: clearing away heat, invigorating spleen and nourishing stomach. Mung bean, bitter gourd, pig blood, ebony.
Summer heat: summer heat means hot; A slight summer heat is when the climate starts to get hot. Gregorian calendar on July 06-08.
Custom: A few days before and after the Little Summer Festival, there is a folk custom of "putting hundreds of suozi on the house".
Recommended diet: dispel damp heat, nourish the heart and prevent diarrhea. Luffa, Monopterus albus, tomatoes, grapes (dried).
Summer heat: the hottest time of the year. Gregorian calendar on July 22-24.
Custom: In Taizhou Bay, Zhejiang Province, there is a custom of "sending a summer boat".
Recommended diet: Suffering hardships, preventing heatstroke, and treating winter diseases in summer. Ginger, lettuce, kiwi fruit.
Beginning of autumn: The beginning of autumn. Gregorian calendar on August 07-09.
Custom: In Zhulinguan area of Shangluo, there is a custom of "touching autumn". Touch the pumpkin, easy to have a boy; Touching lentils is easy to give birth to girls; Touching white lentils is more auspicious, and besides giving birth to girls, it is a good sign for growing old together.
Recommended diet: dispel summer heat, be sour and pungent, and nourish the lungs. Lemon, sesame.
Summer heat: place means to stop and hide. Summer is the end of a hot summer day. Gregorian calendar on August 22-24.
Custom: In the summer season, which falls around the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, there will be folk activities to celebrate Zhongyuan, commonly known as "making July 30" or "Zhongyuan Festival". At this time in Taiwan Province, there is a custom of "worshipping good brothers".
Recommended diet: eat warm food, and the diet should be light. Jellyfish, tremella, lily, lotus seed, honey, sesame, beans and milk.
White dew: The weather turns cold, and the dew is condensed and white. Gregorian calendar on September 07-09.
Recommended diet: light, digestible and vitamin-rich foods are the main foods. Sweet potato, millet, duck, walnut, fungus, honey.
Autumnal equinox: divided equally between day and night. Gregorian calendar on September 22-24.
Custom: In the autumn equinox season, it is a traditional "Moon Festival". Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "the sun is sacrificed in spring and the moon is sacrificed in autumn". In modern society, the Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional "Moon Festival".
Recommended diet: moistening lung, promoting fluid production, nourishing yin and clearing dryness. Auricularia auricula, lily, tremella, sesame, walnut, glutinous rice, honey, dairy products.
Cold dew: dew is cold and will freeze. Gregorian calendar1October 08-09.
Custom: The climate of cold dew and pleasant solar terms is very suitable for mountaineering, and the custom of climbing slowly on the Double Ninth Festival has become the custom of cold dew season.
Recommended diet: nourishing yin to prevent dryness, moistening lung and benefiting stomach. Beef, beans, kelp, laver, sesame, walnut, tremella, milk, fish, shrimp.
First frost: It's getting colder and frosty. Gregorian calendar1October 23-24.
Custom: In Xialei Town, Guangxi, China, there is a "Zhuang first frost Festival". Its origin is related to the legend of Xialei toast and celebrating the harvest.
Recommended diet: invigorating qi and nourishing stomach. Pork, beef, pears, apples, olives, ginkgo, chestnuts, peanuts.
Beginning of winter: The beginning of winter. Gregorian calendar 1 1 month 7-8.
Recommended diet: increase calories. Auricularia, mushrooms, sheep, shrimp, kelp, milk, soybean milk, eggs, walnuts, almonds.
Xiaoxue: It means it begins to snow. Gregorian calendar 1 1 month 22-23.
Custom: Eat Ciba when it snows, which is a traditional custom in water towns in the south of the Yangtze River.
Recommended diet: Adjust mood and be suitable for warming. Mutton, beef, Chinese cabbage, chestnuts, ginkgo, walnuts, bananas.
Heavy snow: the snowfall is increasing, and there may be snow on the ground. Gregorian calendar1February 6-8.
Recommended diet: warming and nourishing yang, tonifying kidney and strengthening bones, nourishing yin and replenishing essence. Beef, crucian carp, sea cucumber, walnut, longan, medlar, lotus seed.
Winter Solstice: The cold winter is coming. Gregorian calendar1February 21-23.
Custom: In the northern part of China, jiaozi is an essential holiday meal every year on the winter solstice of the Chinese Lunar New Year, regardless of the family's wealth. As the proverb goes, "On October 1st, when the winter solstice comes, every family eats dumplings.
Recommended diet: carrots, tomatoes, pears, kiwis, sugar cane, grapefruit.
Slight cold: The climate began to get cold. Gregorian calendar 1 month 5-7.
Recommended diet: nourishing kidney and preventing cold. Silver carp, papaya, cherry, chestnut, walnut kernel, almond, jujube, longan.
Great cold: the coldest time of the year. Gregorian calendar 1 month 20-21day.
Custom: Great Cold prepares for the Spring Festival, "slight cold, great cold, killing pigs for the New Year". In the great cold solar terms, there is a very important day for northerners-Laba. On this day, people cook a pot of sweet and delicious "Laba porridge" with whole grains and peanuts, chestnuts, red dates and lotus seeds.
Recommended diet: protect yin and hide yang, and pay attention to cold protection. Cherry, chestnut, walnut kernel, almond, jujube, longan.
Extended data
Origin of solar terms:
Twenty-four solar terms were formulated by people in ancient times according to the change of the position of the earth on the ecliptic (that is, the orbit of the earth around the sun), and each solar term corresponds to the climate law that the sun reaches a certain position every time it moves15 on the ecliptic.
The earth's orbit around the sun was named "ecliptic" by the ancients, also known as "solar ecliptic". The ecliptic was divided into 24 parts in equal proportion, and the interval between them was15, which formed 24 solar terms. The 24 solar terms are actually 24 seasonal points, 2 per month.
The twenty-four solar terms take one cycle of the earth's revolution around the sun as a reincarnation, which basically summarizes the different positions of the sun on the ecliptic at different times of the year, the exact time of cold coming and summer going, the laws of natural phenomena such as rainfall and snowfall, and the moments when some phenological phenomena in nature are recorded.
The start date of the twenty-four solar terms in the dry calendar in China is almost the same as that in the international Gregorian calendar, with a difference of at most one or two days, which is precisely because the dry calendar, like the Gregorian calendar, is based on the fact that the earth revolves around the sun once a year.
The dry calendar is related to the periodic motion of the earth around the sun, and its year, month and day are all determined by the apparent motion of the sun, and have nothing to do with the lunar phase. However, it is different from the usual solar calendar (such as the Gregorian calendar), the length of which is artificially regulated and has nothing to do with the astronomical phenomena, so it is a solar calendar with China characteristics.
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