The origin and custom of eating flower cake and cold dew in cold dew are rising step by step.

Everyone is familiar with the solar term of cold dew. This is the last solar term in autumn. After this solar term, the temperature drops faster and faster. At this time, an autumn coat is often not enough. You need to wear more clothes to ensure that you don't catch a cold. Many people don't know what to do with cold dew, so let's take a look!

How did the cold dew solar terms come from?

Every year1October 8th or 9th, 10, when the sun reaches 195, it is cold dew. "Twenty-four solar terms" said: "In September, the dew is cold and will condense." Cold dew means that the temperature is lower than that of the white dew, and the dew on the ground is colder and will soon condense into frost. In the cold dew season, Nanling and the vast area to the north have entered autumn, and the northeast and northwest regions have entered or are about to enter winter. In the capital Beijing, you can see the first frost in many years. In addition to the perennial snow on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it has generally begun to snow in the northeast and northern Xinjiang. As soon as the cold dew passed, the height of the sun continued to decrease and the temperature gradually decreased. White dew, cold dew and first frost all indicate the phenomenon of water vapor condensation. If the summer heat has not completely subsided in the Millennium, then "cold dew" marks the transition from cool to cold.

What are you going to do on this day?

Climb the peak

Because the Double Ninth Festival is around the cold dew solar terms, the climate with pleasant cold dew solar terms is very suitable for mountaineering, so the custom of climbing slowly on the Double Ninth Festival has become the custom of cold dew solar terms. Climbing means "step by step" and "long life".

Ornamental red leaves

In the cold dew season, the autumn wind is rustling, and the red leaves on the mountain are as beautiful as Xiajin and picturesque. Walking on the winding path and looking at the hillside, you will see clusters of red leaves.

Autumn carving edge

Because of the cold dew season, the temperature drops rapidly, the sunlight in the deep water can't penetrate, and the fish swim to the shallow water with higher water temperature, so it is called "autumn fishing".

Eat sesame seeds

When the cold dew comes, the weather turns from cold to cold. According to the theory of "nourishing yang in spring and summer, nourishing yin in autumn and winter" in traditional Chinese medicine. At this time, people should nourish yin and prevent dryness, moisten the lungs and benefit the stomach. As a result, people have the custom of "eating sesame seeds in cold dew".

Eat flower cake

Cold dew solar terms are generally similar to the Double Ninth Festival in time, so after climbing the mountain in 1999, there was the custom of eating flower cakes. Because "Gao" and "Gao" are homophonic, cakes should be called "Chongyang Flower Cake", which means "step by step".