What it is custom, it is around custom is introduced

Farming related

In the severe cold throttle, around the farm work is still very few.Northern people to busy more manure composting, to prepare for the spring;Or enhance livestock cold-weather antifreeze.Southern region are strengthening the field management of wheat and other crops.The practice of guangdong lingnan area has great cold joint catch rats.Because the crops have been harvested, invisible to the rats nest revealed more at ordinary times, it is also becoming lingnan local focus on the important time to kill rats.In addition, people with severe cold climate change around the predicted in the coming year and the food there is rain, easy to arrange early farming.Such as "big sees if the rain, rain is one more" (guangxi), "well fed" severe cold see three white, farmers (jiangxi), "it is not cold, people" (fujian), "the great cold Bai Xueding years" (guizhou), "great cold wind v drought".

Slight cold after 15 days is severe cold and throughout the yearThe 24 solar termsThe last solar term.Although at this time the weather cold, but nearly spring because, so not as cold as snow to during the winter solstice.This season, people begin to busy used act the role ofing new, marinated in food, prepare necessities and because the Chinese - the most important festivalThe Spring FestivalIs coming.Meanwhile there is also a very important day for the people of the north, laba, namely the lunar December 8.On this day, people use grain with peanuts, chestnuts, red jujube, lotus seeds, etc for a pot of laba porridge is sweet and delicious, is indispensable to people in the New Year a staple food.

End teeth offering

According to the customs of our country, especially in the countryside, every great cold day, people began to blow away the cobwebs, marinated in food, prepare special purchases.In it to spring this period of time, there are a lot of important folk customs and festivals.Offerings, such as, people, and the New Year's eve, sometimes even the country's biggest festival in the Spring Festival is in the solar terms.In the severe cold solar term atmosphere is full of joy and happiness, is a lively easily throttle.End teeth is derived from land and do the custom of "teeth".So-called February 2. Head of teeth, and then every second day and 16 had to be "teeth" was the lunar December 16 teeth.End teeth as well as on a ripening called burritos (south), the day a merchant to a banquet, is the dish on the boiled chicken for dinner.Head of a dog than the tail of a lion is said to be the who, who in the second year to fire the boss.So some general will head towards their boss, so that employees can safely eat delicacies, also can have a safe home.

Dietary changes

Great cold solar terms, often with the end of time, the Spring Festival of 2009 is included in the severe cold in solar terms.So that in the severe cold of the throttle, except to do farm work to throttle for Chinese New Year travel - cast exhibited, buy necessities and write Spring Festival couplets, prepare all kinds of sacrificial offerings, sweeping dust cleaning, blow away the cobwebs, prepare necessities and curing all kinds of sausage, bacon, Fried or cooked chicken duck fish and other food.And ancestor worship and various gods, praying for good.In addition, the street of the old great cold season are too often people rushed to buy sesame straw shadow.Because now rising, New Year's eve, people will sprinkle sesame straw on the way to walk outside, for a child to crush, homophonic auspicious meaning "age", at the same time with "broken", "age" homophonic meaning "happiness" safe and get good KouCai Christmas season.It also makes it flooding fierce auspicious festival means more strong.

And because of severe cold and spring phase transition, pay attention to the people on food also conform to the changes in the season.It supplements gradually reduce the amount of food, add some more food, with characteristics of litres are scattered to the spring fu.Guangdong foshan folk have great cold festival custom of earthen pot cooking sticky rice, glutinous rice taste sweet, warm, food has the warm tonic effect.The practice of anqing in anhui have a severe cold Fried spring rolls.