What are the customs and activities of Xiaohan? Know the customs of Xiaohan solar term in advance

What are the customs and activities during Minor Cold? After the Winter Solstice comes the Minor Cold solar term, which marks the beginning of the coldest period in my country. Next, let’s take a look at the customs and activities related to the Minor Cold solar term.

What are the customs and activities during Xiaohan?

Regional characteristics

As the saying goes, "The Lesser Cold and the Greater Cold are so cold that people get frozen into ice." In Nanjing, there is a set of sports exercises with regional characteristics during the Lesser Cold solar term, such as skipping rope, kicking shuttlecock, rolling iron rings, cockfighting, etc. And if it happens to snow on the day of Xiaohan, the children will gather together to play snowball fights, build snowmen, etc.

Eat vegetable rice

When the Lesser Cold solar term comes, old Nanjing people have the custom of cooking and eating rice. Because vegetable rice is a warm food, it can be regarded as the best food in the cold winter months. If it is paired with hot mutton soup, it can remove moisture, warm the heart and stomach, and replenish yang. It can be called "replenishing the winter in the first nine days of winter." ”

Drink Laba porridge

The day of Minor Cold is close to the traditional Chinese Laba Festival, so in some places there is a custom of drinking Laba porridge on the day of Minor Cold. It is said that Laba porridge has the effects of regulating the spleen and stomach, replenishing the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing qi and blood, dispelling cold and strengthening the body, and promoting body fluid and quenching thirst.