Chinanews client, Beijing, October 8th (Reporter Shangguanyun) "Everyone is busy in the cold and dew season, planting wheat, picking flowers, and peas." With the strong autumn wind, the cold dew arrived.
This is a solar term that represents climate change, and it is also a time when people are busy harvesting.
Many customs of the Hanlu solar term are similar to those of the Double Ninth Festival, such as admiring chrysanthemums and climbing high.
Compared with the vitality of summer, late autumn is somewhat bleak, but people climbing high and looking into the distance to watch autumn scenery also represents a positive attitude towards life that loves nature.
The air is cold and will condense
Hanlu is the seventeenth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms, and also the fifth solar term in autumn. It usually falls on October 7-9 of the Gregorian calendar every year.
Data map: During the "cold dew" season, the autumnal colors in the Suzhou Classical Garden Humble Administrator's Garden are fresh and pleasant. Visitors strolling in the garden can experience the unique autumn scenery of the southern water town.
Photo by Wang Sizhe
"Moon Order Seventy-two Phenomenon Collection" says: "September Festival, the dew is cold and will condense." It means that the temperature of cold dew is lower than that of white dew, and the morning dew on the ground is so cold that it is about to condense.
Cold dew is the season of late autumn and reflects climate change.
Compared with Bailu, its name also has the word "lu", but Bailu means the transition from hot to cool, and Hanlu is the transition from cool to cold.
As the saying goes, "the body will not be exposed when the body is white, and the feet will not be exposed when the body is cold.
After the arrival of the cold dew solar term, the days become shorter, the nights become longer, and coldness gradually grows. Especially in the morning or evening, people tend to feel a little chill and the air becomes drier.
Eat in cold dew: eat crabs and drink cold dew tea
The custom of Hanlu solar terms is not too much.
The autumn is deep, but it is the time to eat crabs, "September round navel, October tip", cold dew is the best season to eat female crabs, but crabs should not be eaten more.
In some places, there is a habit of drinking "cold dew tea".
It is said that Hanlu tea has a unique sweet fragrance and is very popular among old tea customers.
Data map: Hanlu solar term Nanjing Gaochun farmland is busy harvesting, and the harvest season has arrived.
Photo by Gao Xiaoping
During cold dew, the weather changes from cool to cold. At this time, people should pay attention to prevent autumn dryness. Therefore, there is also a folk custom of “eat sesame in cold dew”, and there is a proverb that “sesame mung bean cake is not long after eating”.
There is also an article saying that on the day of cold dew, the ancients sometimes took water from the well and used it to soak pills or medicinal wine to nourish the five internal organs.
It is worth noting that the ninth month of the lunar calendar is also called the chrysanthemum month. At this time, the chrysanthemum is basically open. Therefore, climbing and admiring the chrysanthemum are called a great event in the Hanlu season.
To prevent autumn dryness, the diet should moisten the lungs and benefit the stomach
In the past, in people's perception, after the arrival of cold dew, in nature, the yin and yang qi began to change, the yang qi gradually receded, and the yin qi gradually grew.
Therefore, people's living habits must also be adjusted to adapt to changes in the weather.
Data map: The cold dew solar terms in the twenty-four solar terms, and ice-hanging landscapes appear in the tourist attractions in the county seat of Sunan Yugu Autonomous County, Gansu.
Photo by Wu Xuefeng
For example, there is a saying about health preservation: “Yang Yang in spring and summer, Yin in autumn and winter”. In autumn, the weather is dry. In diet and daily life, people should pay attention to dietary balance to nourish yin to prevent dryness, moisturize lungs and stomach.
At this time, you can eat less spicy, stimulating, smoked and roasted foods. It is advisable to eat white fungus, radishes, tomatoes, lotus roots, lilies and other foods that have the effect of promoting stomach and body fluid; vegetables can eat carrots, winter melon, or kelp, seaweed, etc. .
"One autumn rain and one cold", gradually add clothes as the weather turns cold, but don't add too much or too quickly.
In addition, diarrhea occurs frequently in autumn, so to prevent overeating, pay special attention to keeping the abdomen warm.
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