大寒逢腊八，春节将来临 | Major Cold: Welcome to the Spring Festival
严冬尽头便有暖,
坚冰深处春水生。
默默坚守,
定会等到大地回春万物苏醒。
Major Cold, the last of the 24 solar terms, also represents the beginning of the Spring Festival. Coincidentally, this year Major Cold and the Laba Festival happen on the same day – Jan 20.
大寒，是24个节气中的最后一个节气。巧的是，今年大寒恰逢腊八。
[词语解释]
Laba is celebrated on the eighth day of the last lunar month, referring to the traditional start of the Chinese New Year.
腊八节，即每年农历十二月八日，腊月初八被认为是农历新年的前奏。
During this time, it's important for people to buy goods to welcome the Chinese New Year, with distinct differences between the north and the south. Mention the most distinctive meat for the Spring Festival in the north and it's beef and mutton. No matter what cooking method is used, it is an indispensable meat dish on the tables in China's northwest during the Spring Festival.
这期间，办年货迎接春节对国人来讲尤为重要，采购的物品北方和南方也有明显的不同。一提到北方春节最具特色的肉类，那就是牛肉和羊肉。无论用什么烹饪方法，牛羊肉总是中国西北地区春节餐桌上不可缺少的一道佳肴。
Another important traditional food for the Laba Festival is Laba porridge. It is made from more than 20 kinds of nuts, cereals and dried fruit. People often cook Laba porridge on the night of the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month. After one night's slow simmering, all the ingredients melt into the porridge in the morning of the eighth day, becoming a warm delicacy to enjoy on cold days.
腊八这一天有吃腊八粥的习俗，腊八粥由20多种坚果、谷物和干果熬制而成。一般大家会在腊月初七的晚上就开始着手烹煮腊八粥了。经过一个晚上的小火慢熬，到了腊八的早晨，所有的食材都融入到了粥里，成为寒冷天气里享用的一种温暖的美味。
时间过得真快，转眼小嗨（ID: intljinan）已经带着“嗨济南”的忠实followers走过了24个节气，下面我们一起来用小常识问答的形式一起来回顾一下吧！
SPRING春Which one is the first solar term?
24个节气的第一个节气是？
A. Spring Equinox 春分
B. Start of Spring 立春
Start of Spring is the first solar term of the 24 solar terms. Li (立) means "to start" in Chinese. Lichun is the start of spring. After Start of Spring, the temperature obviously increases. People can feel the daytime become longer and the sunshine become warmer.
立春是二十四节气中的第一个节气。"立"是"开始"的意思，立春就是春季的开始。立春以后，气温回升。
Which one is the last solar term in Spring?
春季最后一个节气是？
A. Insects Awaken 惊蛰
B. Grain Rain 谷雨
Grain Rain is the sixth solar term of the 24 solar terms and the last one in spring。
谷雨是24节气中第六个节气，也是春季最后一个节气。
SUMMER夏Which of the following solar terms marks the beginning of a busy crop year for farmers?
以下哪个是标志农民一年耕作开始繁忙的节气？
A. Grain Buds 小满
B. Grain in Ear 芒种
Around May 21 of each year ushers in the Grain Buds, when the hard-working farmers start the busy farming activities of the crop year.
每年5月21日左右迎来小满，勤劳的农民伯伯开始了耕作的忙碌。
Which of the following solar terms has the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere?
以下哪个节气是北半球一年中北半球白昼最长的一天？
A. Start of Summer 立夏
B. Summer Solstice 夏至
Much of the northern hemisphere receives the most hours of daylight on the day of the Summer Solstice.
夏至这一天是北半球一年中时间最长的一天。
AUTUMN秋What does the Chinese character – 处（chu） mean in the solar term Chushu ?
处暑的处是什么意思?
A. During 处在，正值
B. Stop 终止
The solar term Chushu is also called "stopping the heat ".
处暑汉语意为“暑热正式终止”。
Which solar term is named after the Book of Songs?
哪一个节气的名字来自《诗经》？
A. White Dews 白露
B. Stopping the Heat 处暑
"Green, green the reed. Dew and frost gleam. "
“蒹葭苍苍, 白露为霜。”
WINTER冬Which one is colder?
大寒、小寒哪个更冷？
A. Major Cold 大寒
B. Minor Cold小寒
For most parts of Northern China, Minor Cold is indeed colder than Major Cold. While for most parts of Southern China, it's vice versa.
对北方大部地区来说，小寒的确冷于大寒。而对于南方大部地区来说，却是大寒节气时最冷。
Which one is the last solar term?
哪一个是24节气最后一个节气？
A. Heavy Snow 大雪
B. Major Cold 大寒
Find your answer back at the beginning.
答案就在文章开头哦！
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