Mutton soup, glutinous rice … What kind of food do you prefer？

　　Chinanews. com client Beijing, January 6 (Reporter Shangguan Yun) "It’s cold and cold, frozen into a ball." As can be seen from the name, a major feature of the slight cold solar terms is "cold". It is the fifth solar term in winter, and the time is between January 5 and 7 of the Gregorian calendar. It is generally believed that slight cold marks the coldest day of the year.

　　Data Map: During the slight cold season, Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province ushered in a heavy snow. Photo by Shi Yonghong

　　Slight Cold Solar Term and "24 Hua Xinfeng"

　　In chronological order, slight cold is the 23rd solar term among the 24 solar terms, and it is also the end of the second month of the Ganzhi calendar and the beginning of the ugly month. At this time, the sun is located at 285. For China, it was around the "March 9th" and the temperature was extremely low.

　　The origin of the name of the slight cold solar term is recorded in twenty-four solar term: "On the December Festival, the cold is still small at the beginning of the month, so it is cloudy and the half moon is big."

　　In fact, slight cold, like severe cold, slight summer heat, severe summer heat and summer heat, is a solar term that indicates the change of temperature. When slight cold arrives, it means going out on the ice for three or nine days.

　　In ancient China, people took five days as a waiting period and three days as a solar term. Every winter comes and spring comes. There are 24 seasons in the eight solar terms from slight cold to Grain Rain. Every season, some kind of flower blooms, so there is the saying of "24 Hua Xinfeng".

　　Twenty-four times Hua Xinfeng is also called twenty-four winds. Volume I of "Show Numerous Dews" wrote: "When flowers bloom in March, the wind is famous and flowers believe in the wind." Specific to the slight cold, it is "one plum blossom, two camellia, and three daffodils".

　　Data map: The picture shows the plum blossoms that are proud of snow. Photo by Meng Delong

　　Ice play, enjoy the plum blossom … … Xiao Han can still live like this.

　　Although it is very cold in winter, there are still many fun games, such as skipping rope, kicking shuttlecock and rolling hoop … … It’s fun and can exercise. If it snows, it will be better. People in calling friends will have snowball fights and make snowmen together, and soon their blood will be smooth and their whole bodies will be warm.

　　In addition, the ice age is long in winter, especially in some areas in the north, where the river is frozen thick, people will prepare "ice beds" and play on the ice. Those who are more daring put on skates and race on the ice, which was called ice play in ancient times.

　　For example, Yiqingge Miscellaneous Copy records many old customs in Beiping, which reads: "In the Ming Dynasty, those who tasted good deeds in Jishuitan, joined more than ten beds, took baskets of wine and utensils, spread them on them, and drank ice, which was also full of fun."

　　Mutton soup, glutinous rice: What kind of food do you prefer?

　　During the slight cold season, it used to be the busiest time for old Chinese medicine practitioners and traditional Chinese medicine pharmacies: all the pastes cooked in winter were eaten almost. At this time, some people will cook a little more and eat it before and after the Spring Festival.

　　Data Map: The Laba Festival in 2017 just met the slight cold solar terms, and Beijing ushered in snowfall. Zhongxin.com reporter Li Qingshe

　　In order to resist the cold, people’s daily diet also focuses on choosing warm food. For example, mutton can be made into mutton soup, braised mutton and other delicacies, which are very popular.

　　In addition, according to "Miscellanies of Jinmen", there was a custom of eating yellow sprouts in Tianjin in the old days. "Yellow sprouts" are made of Chinese cabbage buds, which are delicious and crisp. At that time, the supply of fresh vegetables in winter was very limited, which was considered as a delicious food in winter.

　　Old Beijing pays attention to eating hot rice and mutton noodles. As the name implies, "hot rice" should first take chopped green onion and then put vegetables, soup, rice and other things into it for cooking. After cooking, it is also fragrant. (End)