Introduction

“Slight Cold” is the 23 solar term and happens on January 5 to January 7 when the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 285 degrees. To China, “Slight Cold” indicates the weather starts to enter the coldest days. When “Slight cold” comes, the wild goose all move to north and magpie starts to build their homes. The average temperature in Beijing during this period is around minus 5 degree Celsius and some places in north China can reach minus 30 degree Celsius. Temperature around Qinling Mountain and Huaihe River is kept at around 0 degree Celsius.

Healthy Living Tips

To prevent from the coldness, it’s better to eat food that can provide heat and energy to human’s body, for example, food with hot natures including trout, hot pepper, cinnamon and pepper, and food with warm nature such as glutinous rice, chives, fennel, caraway, asparagus, leaf mustard, pumpkin, ginger, spring onion, garlic, apricot, peach, dates, longan, leechee, papaya, cheery, pomegranate, plum, chestnut, almond, lamb, pig’s liver, chicken, goose egg, eel, chub, prawn, sea cucumber and so on.