Time flies, the light snow has gone, and the heavy snow has come. Every year around December 7 of the Gregorian calendar, when the sun reaches 255 degrees of yellow longitude, it is the "heavy snow" solar term.
Heavy snow is the twenty-first of the twenty-four solar terms and the third solar term in winter. Heavy snow marks the official start of the mid-winter season, which is characterized by a significant drop in temperature and an increase in precipitation.
Heavy snow three times
The ancient Chinese divided heavy snow into three phases: one is when the crane does not sing;The second waiting tiger began to handover;Three Hou Li stood out. It is said that due to the cold weather at this time, the cold trumpet bird no longer chirps;At this time, the yin energy is at its peak, the so-called prosperity and decline, the yang energy has sprouted, and the tiger has begun to have courtship behavior;"Li" is a maran grass, or maran flower, and it is said that you can also feel the germination of yang energy and draw out new shoots.
Heavy snow Xi
Homemade cured meats. Nanjing has the Xi of "small snow pickled vegetables, big snow pickled meat". Add big salt and star anise, cinnamon, pepper, sugar, etc. into the pot and fry it, smear it on the inside and outside of the fish and poultry meat, and then put it into the tank, press it with a stone, take it out after half a month, add water to boil the marinade out of the marinade, put it into the dried poultry meat layer by layer, and marinate it in the tank for ten days. Take it out and hang it to dry to welcome the New Year.
Watch the closure of the river. "Small snow seals the land, heavy snow covers the river", there is a natural landscape of "thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drifting" in the north, and there is also a charming picture of "snowflakes flying, the sky is silver" in the south. During the heavy snow season, the ice in the river freezes, and people can skate and play to their heart's content.
Drink sweet potato porridge. After the heavy snowfall, the temperature gradually gets colder, and people pay great attention to keeping warm inside and outside the house, and wear winter clothes one after another to prevent frostbite from appearing. There is a saying among the people of northern Lubei that "Lu Qi has the door and drinks red sticky porridge", which means that the weather is cold and no longer visits the door, and only drinks warm sweet potato porridge at home to survive. Sweet potato porridge is sweet and delicious, has a spleen and stomach, and is also a good food.
Heavy snow for health
Heavy snow is a good season for "tonic", known as "tonic in winter, tiger in spring". Winter tonic can improve the body's immune function, promote metabolism, and improve the phenomenon of cold intolerance. Winter tonic can also regulate the metabolism of substances in the body, so that the energy converted by nutrients is stored in the body to the greatest extent, which helps the rise of yang energy in the body.
Avoid the cold and prevent winter diseases.
With the advent of the heavy snow solar term, the temperature level drops significantly, and the head and neck, shoulders and back, chest, abdomen, and feet are the most vulnerable to the invasion of cold evils, and more protection should be strengthened.
The head is the "meeting of the suns", the head is close to the heart, the blood flow is large, and the heat is also emitted to the outside. When the head is cold, the body loses more heat, and the yang qi is obviously damaged, and it is easy to have headaches, dizziness, earache, nasal congestion, runny nose and other symptoms of wind and cold. Therefore, it is recommended that you pay close attention to the weather changes, and prepare warm clothes such as hats, scarves, shawls, stockings, windbreakers, and coats in advance as needed, and add clothes in time to keep warm.
Warms and nourishes the body.
Due to the low temperature, the yang energy is suppressed, and the body's ability to resist cold is reduced, so some warm foods such as beef, mutton, chicken, and shrimp can be appropriately supplemented to resist the cold.
However, the winter is dry, so when dealing with such warm ingredients, you should try to avoid stir-frying or frying, and do not add too many dry spices for seasoning. Otherwise, eating in the winter with a dry climate is like a pile of hay catching fire instantly, and it is very easy to have symptoms such as acne, mouth and tongue sores, sore throat, constipation and bleeding.
Cartography Gui Ying.
The heavy snow has arrived, and winter is unharmed.
Pick up a ray of sunshine and save a beauty.
May every cold day.
All have warmth to accompany you!
Producer: "Xiaokang" Film and Television Center.
Producer: Zhang Qing, Gong Zimo.
Curator: Li Xuying.
*Production: Zhan Jiachu.
Poster production: Gui Ying.
Editor: Wu Jinyang.
Proofreader: Wang Fang.
Review: Tian Yuan Yuying.