【二十四节气之小寒】用英语学习中国文化

【二十四节气之小寒】用英语学习中国文化

二十四节气之

— 小寒 —

今日小寒

旧岁近暮

新岁即至

小寒,是中国传统二十四节气中的第二十三个节气。

小寒,斗指子,太阳黄经为285°,于每年公历1月5-7日交节。

元?吴澄《月令七

十二候集解》中解释:“十二月节,月初寒尚小,故云,月半则大矣。”

小寒是冷气积久而寒,是天气寒冷但还没有到极点的意思,它与大寒、小暑、大暑及处暑一样,都是表示气温冷暖变化的节气。

小寒,一个“小”字,似乎将隆冬的寒气化解了许多。小小的寒,人间尚未到最严寒的时候。

但其实,小寒才是一年中最冷的时节。俗话说:“冷在三九”,小寒恰在三九前后,所以自古流传着“小寒胜大寒,常见不稀罕”。

小寒节气的到来,意味着进入了隆冬季节。

在这愈来愈冷的寒冬时节,古人们根据气候对动物们的影响,把小寒分为三候:

一候雁北乡

小寒之日“雁北乡”,这个“乡”是趋向,北飞雁已经感知到阳气,是为先导。

lesser cold day “yanbei township”, the “township” is the trend, north goose has sensed yang, is the pilot.

二候鹊始巢

小寒后五日“鹊始巢”,喜鹊噪枝,已经开始筑巢,准备繁殖后代了。

on the fifth day after lesser cold, magpies begin to nest. the magpies have begun to nest and prepare to breed.

三候雉始鸲

再五日“雉雊”。雉是野鸡,阳鸟,雊(gòu),求偶鸣声,这时,早醒的雉鸠就开始求偶了,早春已经临近。

at this time, the pheasant dove began to wake up early courtship, early spring has been approaching.

小寒节气有哪些习俗呢?咱们一起来看看,也学习下用英文讲中国传统文化。

准备过年

进入小寒年味渐浓,人们开始忙着写春联、剪窗花,赶集买年画、彩灯、鞭炮、香火等,陆续为春节作准备。

during minor cold, people start stocking new year goods, which include spring festival couplets, new year pictures, paper-cuts for window decoration, fire crackers, incense and lanterns.

小寒美食

饮食上,涮羊肉火锅(mutton hot pot)、吃糖炒栗子(chestnuts)、烤地瓜薯(baked sweet potato)成为小寒“食”尚。

mutton hot pot, chestnuts and baked sweet potato are three recommended foods for minor cold.

准备过年

古时,南京人对小寒颇重视,但随着时代变迁,现已渐渐淡化,如今人们只能从生活中寻找出点点痕迹。

people in nanjing used to take minor cold quite seriously, and they still keep a custom of eating vegetable rice to celebrate this solar term.

广州传统,小寒早上吃糯米饭,糯米饭寓意温暖,吃完从年头到年尾都暖乎乎。

it is a tradition in guangzhou to eat glutinous rice in the morning of minor cold, which symbolizes warmth and keeps you warm from the beginning to the end of the year.

中药养生

到了小寒时节,也是老中医和中药房最忙的时候,一般入冬时熬制的膏方都吃得差不多了。到了此时,有些人家会再熬制一点,吃到春节前后。

minor cold is also the busiest time for doctors and pharmacies of traditional chinese medicine. many people need them to prepare

new medicines, which will be consumed before the lunar new year.

一念冬来

一念寒往

萧索中不忘葱茏繁盛

寒冷时仍有暖阳在心

一切过往

皆为序章

春日将至、万物光辉

蜜蜂君提醒大家

小寒节气注意保暖哦~

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