Laba Garlic Laba Noodles
There is a saying about "Laba Garlic". Because "garlic" has the same pronunciation as "suan", in ancient times, various businesses would collect accounts and liquidate on this day. The profit and loss of a year's income and expenditure, so there is a saying of "Laba Calculation". The method of making "Laba Garlic" is also very simple. Just take 1000 grams of washed and peeled purple garlic, put it in a sealed jar, add 500 grams of rice vinegar and 400 grams of sugar, mix well and seal it and place it in a cool place (10℃ ~15℃), after brewing for about 10 days, the garlic cloves will gradually turn into a green color, like emerald, exquisite and tender. Interesting proverbs and folk customs of Xiaohan
Small cold and big cold turn into ice balls
Literally, the big cold is colder than the minor cold, but in meteorological records, the minor cold is colder than the big cold, and there is often " It is said that the cold is in the "three-nine days", and these "three-nine days" happen to be in the Xiaohan solar term.
Xiaohan is busy with the comprador business, and Dahan is about to celebrate the New Year
At this time, every household has begun to buy items for the New Year. By Dahan, the New Year will officially be celebrated in a prosperous manner.
Walking on the street, money is lost
It also describes the cold weather. Metal coins feel cold in the hand, making people want to throw them away...
Draw a picture and count nines
It is said that in the early years, farmers in the Yellow River Basin used the "Nine-Nine Cold-removing Picture" to avoid the cold and maintain health during the slight cold.
The picture of ninety-nine cold dispellings is a red calligraphy with double hooks, which reads "The weeping willows in front of the pavilion cherish the spring phoenix." Each character of Jiuzi has nine strokes, and ***nine-nine has eighty-one strokes.
Starting from the winter solstice, fill in one stroke every day according to the order of strokes, and fill in a word after every ninety-nine. It is not until spring returns to the earth after ninety-nine that a picture of ninety-nine to relieve the cold is completed.
It can be seen that Xiaohan is a very cold and unbearable solar term in the eyes of people. In ancient times, folk had a set of exercises during the Xiaohan season, such as kicking shuttlecocks, rolling hoops, skipping ropes, and squeezing oil residue (depending on (squeezing each other against the wall), cockfighting (fighting each other with one foot crossed, one foot independent), etc. Increase the amount of exercise in the game to promote body warming.
Finally, here’s a folk rhyme: “Children, don’t be greedy, it’s the New Year after Laba Festival. Drink Laba porridge for a few days, it’ll be twenty-three. Twenty-three, sweet melons will be sticky. Twenty-four Clean the house. Make tofu on the 25th, cook meat on the 26th, kill the New Year chicken on the 27th, make dough on the 28th, steam buns on the 29th, play all night on the 30th, and twist on the New Year's Day. ."