The excitement of the new year has not passed, today is the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, we will usher in tomorrow's "beginning of spring", the earth seems to be shrouded in a mysterious year-end atmosphere, the cold gradually fades, ushering in the end of winter. This day marks the end of the Great Cold Solar Term, showing us a scene of the smooth transition from winter to spring.
Southern New Year: The taste buds of the New Year and the ritual of sacrificing the stove
Unlike the dumplings eaten in the northern Xiaonian, the southern Xiaonian advocates a feast for the taste buds. Tangyuan became the protagonist of this tradition, symbolizing reunion and sweetness. On Chinese New Year's Eve, every household in the south performs a ritual of sacrificing the stove. Sugar melons and snacks are placed in the kitchen, and people sincerely pray for blessings, hoping that the Lord of the Stove will protect their safety when he goes to heaven.
Weather and rural customs: the tangle of cold and heat at the end of the year
On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, the weather is cold, and the rural customs are particularly strong in this cold. People are watching the temperature outside the window with concern, worried about whether there will be rain and snow during the Spring Festival to affect activities. However, the taste of the New Year in the countryside is not only the weather, but also the kitchen ritual of Chinese New Year's Eve. On this day, the aroma of sugar melons wafts away, and incense burning and sacrifices become a compulsory course for farmers, praying for a safe harvest in the coming year.
Abnormal weather: thunder and winter snow, the ancestors will shake their heads when they see it
This year, however, the weather has been quite unusual. Thunder quietly rings in winter, as if to remind people of the unusualness of the end of the year. Some people describe it as "thunder and winter", and there are even places where "thunder and snow" appear, such a vision must be extremely unusual in the eyes of the ancestors.
Agricultural Proverbs and Weather**: The Poetry of Time and the Laws of Nature
The agricultural proverbs left by the ancients are like a collection of poems of the years, conveying a sensitivity to nature and speculation about the future. "The twenty-fourth day of the lunar month is warm and dry, and the snow in the first month does not go out"., which seems to be the wisdom left by the ancestors. Nowadays, we can understand through this sentence,The warmth of the 24th day of the lunar month may mean that the first month will usher in a cold wave with snowflakes。Another sentence"The small year is shivering, and the big year is thickened".It also reveals the correlation between the weather at the end of the year and the Spring FestivalA cold little year heralds a warm big year
The anomalies of the celestial phenomena make us reflect on the power of nature, and the agricultural proverb is the accurate interpretation of the laws of time by the wise man. Perhaps, this is a revelation that the harmonious symbiosis between human beings and nature is like a poem in the years, flowing with poetic vitality.