There are ten customs in the Great Cold. I don't know if you know them. Let's take a look at the following ten points if you don't know them:
1, eating glutinous rice, that is, on the day of the great cold solar term, the ancients were popular to eat food made of glutinous rice.
2, drink porridge, that is, as the saying goes, drink Laba porridge, and the custom of drinking porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month has a long history. This porridge is made of rice, beans, dates, lotus, peanuts, medlar, chestnuts, nuts, longan, raisins and walnut kernels.
3, binge drinking, refers to let go of the feast, indulge in drinking. Cai Yong's "Arbitrariness" in the Eastern Han Dynasty said: Those who wax will have a big sacrifice at the end of the year, and the officials will feast and drink.
4. Tooth-making, also known as sumptuous food, was originally a ritual of offering sacrifices to the land father-in-law, and the so-called good meal was a toothache sacrifice. The first tooth is on February 2 of the lunar calendar, and the second tooth is on December 16. The whole family sits together to eat the last tooth.
5, dust removal, also known as dust removal, is a general cleaning: every family paints the wall, sweeps away the ominous, and sweeps away the poor luck; On the contrary, the twelfth lunar month does not remove dust, and the next year will attract plague. Dust removal is generally carried out on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month, that is, the day of offering sacrifices to the stove. When dust removal, you should avoid words and pay attention to focusing on making a fortune. 6, paste the window, that is, paste the window with new paper, paste the window, and change luck. For the sake of beauty, some people will cut some auspicious patterns and stick them on the windows, so it is also called stick grilles, which is usually held on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month.
7. Steamed offerings are offerings prepared for sacrifice. In the past, cakes, cakes and steamed buns used for sacrifice were all steamed with noodles.
8. Get married. Superstition says that the gods went to heaven to report their work for a year at the end of the twelfth lunar month. At this time, all is forgiven on earth didn't have to choose a date to get married at this time, and it was slack season. Therefore, the old folk scene was that the countryside was busy with marriage.
9. Going to the market, that is, the traditional gathering for the New Year, buying La Worship products and buying new year's goods.
10, bathing, with the same intention as dust removal, is to do a good job in personal hygiene, meaning to wash away troubles and bad luck for a year. Therefore, no matter how busy you are at the end of the year, you have to get a haircut and take a bath, that is, as the old saying goes, if you have money, you have to take a bath for the New Year. What food is good to eat in this solar term?
Health wax gourd: wax gourd has a lot of dietary fiber, which can help lower blood sugar, cholesterol, blood lipid and prevent atherosclerosis. Wax gourd is high in potassium salt and low in sodium salt, which is also a good dietotherapy for patients with hypertension.
Colored peppers: Red, yellow and green colored peppers are rich in vitamins and trace elements, especially VC, which can resist oxidation, which can promote blood circulation and maintain immune function. Eating some colored peppers frequently in winter with frequent colds can improve resistance and is a good food to prevent colds.
Jujube: Jujube is sweet and warm, and it has the effects of invigorating the middle energizer, nourishing blood and calming the nerves. However, iron deficiency in human blood will be afraid of cold, so women with cold hands and feet in winter can eat more red dates. Increasing iron intake can improve the cold tolerance of the body and replenish qi and blood.
Walnut: Walnut is not only rich in unsaturated fatty acids that can promote heart health, but also rich in phospholipids and vitamin E, which are helpful for cold resistance.
Sweet potato: it is a kind of food with rich nutrition in grain. Because sweet potato can supply a lot of mucin, sugar, vitamin A and vitamin C to human body, it has the functions of tonifying deficiency, invigorating qi, strengthening spleen and stomach, strengthening kidney yin, harmonizing stomach, warming stomach and benefiting lung. Therefore, eating sweet potatoes often can prevent connective tissue atrophy in liver and kidney and prevent the occurrence of collagen disease.