1, beginning of spring, commonly known as "Da Chun". The ancient custom in beginning of spring is not only an ancient solar term, but also an important festival. On that day in beginning of spring, the son of heaven will personally lead the prince and the doctor to welcome the spring in the eastern suburbs, and give a kind order. On that day in beginning of spring, an old man was selected from the village and symbolically whipped the spring cattle three times, which meant the beginning of agriculture for one year. Folk artists make many small mud cows, called "spring cows".

Send it to all families, which is called "send it to spring". The owner should pay the person who sends the spring water. More essentially, this is a holiday sales activity, but it is happy for everyone. In some places, there is a yellow paper with a picture of spring cattle on the wall. Yellow stands for land, and spring cattle stands for farming, commonly known as "Spring Cattle Map". During the Spring Festival, people are used to eating radishes, ginger, onions and bread, which is called "biting spring".

Rain not only indicates the beginning and increase of rain, but also indicates the rise of temperature. It was relatively cold before it rained. After the rain, the spring breeze warms up, and pathogenic bacteria and viruses are easy to spread with the wind, so infectious diseases tend to break out in spring. We should protect ourselves, pay attention to exercise, enhance resistance and prevent diseases.

During the rainy season, the humid atmosphere gradually rises, and dew and frost appear in the morning. Therefore, in view of such climate characteristics, diet recuperation should be based on regulating the spleen and stomach and expelling wind and removing dampness. Because the climate is cold at this time, it can be properly supplemented, such as honey, jujube, yam and tremella, which are all suitable for this solar term.

3. Sting, symbolizing the beginning of February, will be a thunder, awakening all hibernating snakes, insects, mice and ants, and reptiles and ants at home will get up and look for food everywhere. Therefore, in ancient times, people would smoke the four corners of their homes with incense and wormwood to drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes, mice and musty smells. Over time, it gradually evolved into the habit of slapping people and driving away bad luck. This is the predecessor of "beating villains".

It is warm and cold at first, and the climate is dry, which makes people thirsty and cough due to exogenous factors. Raw pears are cold and sweet, and have the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough, nourishing yin and clearing heat. There is a folk custom of eating pears to win by surprise. In addition, patients with cough can also eat lotus seeds, loquat, Siraitia grosvenorii and other foods to relieve their pain. Diet should be light, and it is best not to eat greasy food. Irritating foods such as peppers, onions and garlic should also be eaten less.

4, the vernal equinox, the vernal equinox solar terms are generally on March 20 or 2 1 day of the Gregorian calendar. On the day of the vernal equinox, day and night are divided into 65,438+02 hours on average, and the vernal equinox is equally distributed in the three months of spring (from beginning of spring to Changchun). Some people say that "the vernal equinox and the autumnal equinox are equally divided day and night", so the vernal equinox is also called "day and day".

Start sweeping graves to worship ancestors, also known as the Spring Festival. In the old days, there was a custom of "eating spring vegetables at the vernal equinox". Spring vegetable is a kind of wild amaranth, also known as wormwood. In the south of the Yangtze River, the custom of watching cattle and offering sacrifices to birds is prevalent.

5. It has a long history to sweep graves and chase ancestors in Qingming Festival, and it has become a habit. Grave-sweeping is also called tomb sacrifice, sweeping sacrifice and going to the grave. Tomb-sweeping in Qingming is because of the shock, the vernal equinox has passed, the ice has melted and the vegetation has sprouted. People will think about the graves of their ancestors, whether foxes and rabbits have pierced holes, and whether they will collapse due to the rainy season. Therefore, on the one hand, they went to the grave to remove weeds, repair branches and add some shovels to the grave.

On the other hand, prepare some sacrifices, burn some paper money, hang some notes on branches, and hold a simple ceremony to commemorate the dead. On this day in ancient times, people gathered together to make friends, help the old and take care of the young, and went to the suburbs for a beautiful spring outing. There are many traditional colorful cultural and sports activities around Tomb-Sweeping Day, such as tug-of-war, swinging, flying kites, playing polo and fighting cocks.

6. Grain Rain, which means "Rain hits a hundred valleys". In the south of the Yangtze River, peony flower is commonly known as "Grain Rain flower". Because it blooms on Grain Rain Festival, there is a proverb that "Grain Rain has peony in three dynasties". Wherever there are flowers, literati will go to enjoy them. This is the so-called "Flower Festival". For fishermen, the custom of offering sacrifices to the sea is popular in Grain Rain Festival.

According to the custom of picking tea in southern Grain Rain, it is said that drinking tea on this day in Grain Rain can clear fire, ward off evil spirits and improve eyesight. Therefore, no matter what the weather is like, people will go to Chashan to pick new tea.

In the long summer, in the past, five-color beans such as red beans, soybeans, black beans, mung beans and white japonica rice were mixed together to cook "five-color rice", but later it evolved into glutinous rice cooked with Japanese bean meat. This dish is composed of amaranth and yellow croaker soup and is called "long summer rice". Eggs boiled with black tea or walnut shells are called "long summer eggs" and fed to each other.

Weave the egg cover with colored thread and hang it on the child's chest or curtain. Children usually play the game of eating and beating eggs, relying on long summer eggs to play the game, and winning by making the eggshell strong but not broken. As the saying goes: "If you have a long summer, your children will not suffer from summer." Summer onset is common abdominal distension and anorexia in summer, accompanied by fatigue and emaciation, especially in children. Now there are five-color silk ropes for children, which are called "long summer ropes".

8. Xiaoman, there is a folk proverb "Xiaoman Man River" in the south of China, which reflects the rainy and rainstorm climate in this area. The temperature has obviously increased and the rainfall has increased. The temperature will drop sharply after the rain, so pay attention to adding clothes and don't catch a cold.

Xiaoman is the prone period of wet skin diseases, so the diet should be based on refreshing and light vegetarian food, and often eat foods with the function of clearing away dampness and heat, such as red beans, mung beans, wax gourd, cucumber, day lily, water celery, auricularia auricula, carrots, tomatoes and so on.

9. Miscanthus refers to the maturity of crops with thorns such as wheat. The custom of offering sacrifices to the god of flowers on the day of planting awns. There is a custom of cooking plum in the awning season, which has existed since the Xia Dynasty. There are many ways to cook plums. The simple method is to cook them with sugar or mix them with dried plums to make the plum juice leach out.

It is also useful to boil plum juice with salt or mix it with dried plum with salt to leach the plum juice, and adding perilla into it is more elegant. Mume produced in northern China is very famous. When it is cooked with licorice, hawthorn and rock sugar, it is made into a good summer product-sour plum soup.

10, summer solstice, although the day is the longest and the sun angle is the highest, it is not the hottest time of the year. Solstice is the earliest festival in China. Before the Qing dynasty, the solstice in summer was a national holiday. I went home to reunite with my relatives and drink. It is popular in Guangdong that "dogs have nowhere to hide from the summer solstice"

There is a local saying that eating dog meat in summer solstice can dispel evil spirits, strengthen physique and resist plague. "Eating dog meat from summer to sun, and the west wind detours" means that as long as people eat dog meat from summer to sun, their bodies can resist the attack of the west wind and rain, catch fewer colds and be healthy. It is based on this beautiful wish that the unique folk food culture of "dog meat from summer to the sun" came into being.

1 1, Xiao Xia, in the past, there was a folk custom of "eating new rice", that is, after Xiao Xia, farmers ground the newly cut rice into rice, cooked it for the worship of the five grain gods and ancestors, and then everyone tasted new wine. It is said that "eating new things" means "eating new things", which is the first new day after the summer festival. Cities generally buy a small amount of new rice to cook with old rice, plus newly listed vegetables.

Therefore, there is a folk saying that millet is eaten in summer and grain is eaten in summer. As the saying goes: Monopterus albus competes with ginseng in summer. Monopterus albus was born in a mud hole on the seashore, and the summer eel is the most nourishing and delicious one month before and after the summer heat. Summer is often the remission period of chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases, while Monopterus albus is warm and sweet, which has the functions of invigorating the middle warmer, benefiting qi, nourishing the liver and spleen, removing rheumatism and strengthening bones and muscles.

According to the theory of winter disease and summer tonic, the best food in summer is Monopterus albus, which has high protein content, iron content more than twice that of carp and yellow croaker, and contains many minerals and vitamins. Monopterus albus can also reduce the concentration of cholesterol in blood, prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases caused by arteriosclerosis, and have a good effect on diarrhea caused by indigestion.

12, summer heat, usually on July 22nd or 23rd of the Gregorian calendar. Great summer heat means heat, and great summer heat is the hottest solar term in a year. Make up three or nine in winter and three days in summer. The nutritional components of poultry meat are mainly protein, followed by fat, microorganisms and minerals. Compared with livestock meat, poultry meat is a low-fat and high-protein food, and its protein is also a high-quality protein.

Poultry such as chickens, ducks and pigeons are the best choice for summer tonic. . Taiwan Province Province folk proverb: Eat pineapple in summer, saying that pineapple is the best in this season.

13, beginning of autumn, usually on August 7th or 8th of the Gregorian calendar. Autumn means that summer is cool and autumn begins. On the day of beginning of autumn in the Zhou Dynasty, the Emperor of Heaven personally led the princes and doctors of the Three Kingdoms and Nine Qing Dynasties to the western suburbs to welcome the autumn and hold a sacrificial ceremony. In the Han Dynasty, this custom was followed, and animals were sacrificed to show Qiu Lai's intention to promote martial arts. People have the custom of predicting whether the weather will be cold or hot when they are in beginning of autumn.

There is a folk saying: eggplant grows in summer, and beginning of autumn eats eggplant. Beginning of autumn is a good time to eat eggplant. Folk custom beginning of autumn put melons, steamed preserved eggplant and fragrant soup in the yard the day before, and ate them in beginning of autumn.

14 During the summer vacation, there will be folk activities to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, commonly known as "Making July 30th" or "Mid-Autumn Festival". In the past, there were ceremonies to open the ghost gate from the beginning of July until the ghost gate was closed at the end of the month, and Purdue giving activities were held.

It is said that Purdue activity begins with opening the ghost gate, then erecting lanterns and setting off river lanterns, causing lonely souls; The main body is to build Purdue altar, set up solitary shed, and intervene to rob orphans. Finally, it ends with closing the ghost door. Today, it has become the main activity time for ancestor worship. ? Worshipping ancestors and welcoming autumn in summer are mostly related to the folk customs around the solar terms.

15, Bailu, that is, around September 7 of the Gregorian calendar every year. The temperature began to drop and the weather turned cold. Yang Qi reached its peak in the summer solstice, and the extreme situation must be reversed, and Yin Qi also rose at this time. When it comes to the White Dew, the Yin qi gradually increases, and the morning dew gradually thickens and condenses into a layer of white water drops, so it is called the White Dew.

The Millennium solar term is the beginning of the really cool season. Many people blindly emphasize the nourishing function of seafood and meat when recuperating their bodies, but ignore seasonal diseases, which have caused damage to themselves and their families. Nasal diseases, asthma and bronchial diseases should be avoided in the Millennium solar term. Under normal circumstances, you should eat less or no fish, shrimp and seafood, and stew pickles raw and cold, spicy, sour, salty and sweet foods.

16, autumnal equinox solar terms, usually on September 22nd or 23rd every year. The climate in the south began to decline from this solar term. According to the lunar calendar, "beginning of autumn" is the beginning of autumn, and it ends with "the first frost", and the "vernal equinox" is just half of the 90-day journey from beginning of autumn to the first frost. During the autumnal equinox, many areas in China held the folk activities of "laying eggs vertically".

17, in the cold dew season, Nanling and the vast area to the north have entered autumn, and the northeast and northwest regions have entered winter or are about to enter winter. In addition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau where it snows all the year round, snowfall generally begins in the northeast and northern Xinjiang.

Cold dew diet should be based on a balanced diet of five flavors. According to the individual's specific situation, eating more sweet and light food can not only replenish the spleen and stomach, but also moisten the lungs and intestines to prevent dry throat and mouth. Fruits include pears, persimmons and bananas. Vegetables include carrots, wax gourd, lotus root, tremella and beans, fungi, kelp and laver.

You should eat warm food for breakfast, and it is best to drink hot medicinal porridge, because both japonica rice and glutinous rice have good functions of strengthening the spleen, regulating the stomach and invigorating the middle qi, such as sugarcane porridge, Polygonatum odoratum porridge, Radix Adenophorae porridge, raw porridge and Polygonatum odoratum porridge. Middle-aged and elderly people and chronic patients should eat more red dates, lotus seeds, yams, ducks, fish, meat and other foods.

18, the first frost means that the weather is getting colder and colder and it begins to frost. The solar calendar1October 23rd or1October 24th is the last solar term in autumn when the sun is at 2 10. Health care is particularly important in the first frost season. There is a folk proverb that "the first frost is replenished once a year", which shows the influence of this solar term on us. First frost solar term is the peak period of recurrence of chronic gastritis and gastroduodenal ulcer.

The elderly are also very prone to "old cold legs" (knee osteoarthritis), and chronic bronchitis is also prone to recurrence or aggravation. At this time, you should eat more pears, apples, ginkgo, onions and mustard (potherb mustard). Chestnut has the effects of nourishing stomach and spleen, tonifying kidney and strengthening tendons, promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, and is a good tonic at this time.

Frost is spread all over vegetation and rocks, commonly known as frosting. Vegetables covered with frost, such as spinach and wax gourd, are particularly delicious, while fruits covered with frost, such as grapes, are very sweet. The ancients generally ate both mutton and rabbit meat in autumn. ?

19, beginning of winter, not only represents the coming of winter, but completely speaking, beginning of winter means the beginning of winter, the collection of everything, and also means shelter from the cold. Beginning of winter is an important festival in October during the Han and Wei Dynasties. On this day, Emperor Tiandi will personally lead his ministers to meet the winter weather, commend and support the martyrs who died for the country and their families, ask the dead to protect their lives, and encourage the people to resist the plunder and invasion of foreign causes or hungry bandits.

Among the people, there are customs such as ancestor worship, drinking and feasting, and divining the elderly. In order to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of future generations, we pray that God will give us a bumper harvest year in the coming year, and farmers themselves will be rewarded with drinking and rest. Although there is no such thing as hibernation, there is a folk custom of making up for winter in beginning of winter.

20. Light snow is a festival that reflects weather phenomena. There is little snow, and there is no snow on the ground. This is the original meaning of the solar term "light snow". After the light snow, the temperature drops sharply and the weather becomes dry, which is a good time to process bacon. After the light snow festival, some farmers began to make sausages and bacon, just to enjoy the food during the Spring Festival.

Eating Ciba, in some places in the south, also has the custom of eating Ciba in October of the lunar calendar. In ancient times, Ciba was a traditional festival sacrifice in the south of China, which was originally used by farmers to worship the cow god. There is a saying that "October, Baba" refers to sacrificial events.

2 1, heavy snow, is the beginning time and degree of heavy snow during this period. It is a solar term that directly reflects precipitation, just like the solar terms of light snow, rain and Grain Rain. At this time, many people in the north of China caught a cold. If you can take some Daxue Shun 'an Health Soup, it will be very beneficial to resist the invasion of cold pathogens on the body surface, nose and mouth.

22. The winter solstice is considered as a grand festival. There is a saying that the winter solstice is as big as a year, and there is a custom to celebrate the winter solstice. The northern region has the custom of slaughtering sheep and eating jiaozi and wonton from winter solstice, while the southern region has the custom of eating dumplings and long noodles from winter solstice on this day. There is also the custom of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors in winter solstice in various regions.

23, slight cold, generally in the Gregorian calendar 65438+1October 5 or 6. A slight cold means it's already cold. There is a folk proverb that "a slight cold and a severe cold play ice hockey". Literally, it seems that the severe cold is more serious than the slight cold. In fact, in meteorological records, the slight cold period is colder than the great cold period. People often say that "the great cold is in the third day, and the great heat is in the third day", and "the third day" is within the slight cold solar term, so the slight cold is the coldest solar term in the whole year.

In this solar term, young people should be careful not to get acne because of eating greasy and spicy products. During the slight cold, old Nanjing usually cooks vegetable rice. The contents of vegetable rice are different, but they are all cooked with glutinous rice, which is delicious. Guangzhou traditionally eats glutinous rice on a cold morning. In order to avoid being too glutinous, it is generally 60% glutinous rice and 40% fragrant rice.

24. The Great Cold is the last of the 24 solar terms. Every year around 65438+1October 20th, when the sun reaches 300, it is a severe cold. It means that the weather is cold and the coldest period is coming. According to the custom of our country, especially in rural areas, people are busy getting rid of old cloth, pickling new year's vegetables and preparing new year's goods during the great cold festival.

During the Great Cold to beginning of spring, there were many important folk customs and festivals. For example, sumptuous food, cooking stoves and New Year's Eve, and sometimes even the Spring Festival, the biggest festival in China, is in this solar term. The great cold solar term is full of joy and joyful atmosphere, and it is a cheerful and relaxed solar term.

Twenty-four solar terms are the original cultural heritage of working people in China, which can reflect the changes of seasons, guide agricultural activities and affect the food, clothing, housing and transportation of thousands of households.

Since 2000, the main political activity center in China has been concentrated in the Yellow River area, and the 24 solar terms have been established according to the climate and phenology in this area. Due to the vast territory and changeable terrain of China, the 24 solar terms are only a reference for many regions.

From the literal meaning of the 24 solar terms:

Beginning of spring, Changchun, beginning of autumn and beginning of winter-represent the beginning of the four seasons respectively. "Stand" means to start. The Gregorian calendar is generally around February 4th, May 5th, August 7th and165438+1October 7th every year.

Solstice in summer and Solstice in winter-this means that summer and winter have arrived. "To" means to arrive. Summer solstice and winter solstice are generally on June 26 and February 22 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

Autumnal equinox, autumnal equinox-means that day and night are equal in length. "Divide" means to distribute equally. These two solar terms are generally around March 20 and September 23 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

Rain-indicates that the precipitation begins and the rainfall gradually increases. It rains around February 18 in Gregorian calendar every year.

Sting-The sudden movement of spring thunder woke the hibernating animals in the soil. At this time, the temperature rose rapidly, and the spring thunder gradually appeared. Every year around March 5 of the Gregorian calendar is a shock.

Qingming-contains the meaning of sunny weather, fresh and clean air, gradually warming climate and lush vegetation. Every year around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar is Qingming.

Grain Rain —— The increase of rainfall is very beneficial to the growth of cereal crops. Grain Rain is around April 20th of the Gregorian calendar every year.

Xiaoman-it means that the seeds of summer crops are full, but not yet mature, just small and not yet full. Every year on May 2 1 day of the Gregorian calendar, it is full.

Crops with awns, such as awn seed wheat, mature and summer sowing begins. Every year around June 5, it is a mango.

Hot in summer, hot in summer, hot in summer-hot in summer means hot. Summer is not the hottest time, summer is the hottest season, and summer is the end of summer. They are around July 7, July 23 and August 23 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

White dew-the temperature began to drop, the weather turned cold, and there were dew on the vegetation in the morning. The Millennium is around September 7th of the Gregorian calendar every year.

Cold dew-the temperature is low, there is condensation in the air, and there is a chill gradually. This day is usually on June 8th every year 10.

The first frost-it's getting colder and colder, frost. The first frost usually appears on Gregorian calendar1October 23rd (10) every year.

Light snow, heavy snow-it begins to snow, and small and large indicate the degree of snowfall. Light snow falls on Gregorian calendar165438+1October 22nd, while heavy snow falls around 65438+February 7th.

Slight cold, severe cold-the weather is getting colder and colder. Slight cold is not the coldest time, but severe cold is the coldest time of the year. The Gregorian calendar 65438+1October 5th and 20th are mild and severe cold.

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