24节气英文介绍 （小寒）

Slight Cold小寒

“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.“

小寒是第二十三个节日，通常是在每天的1月5日到1月7日之间，这时候太阳达到了天文经度285度。对于中国来说，小寒就意味着气温将会进入最低时期。

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 Qin ling Mountain and Huai he River is kept at around 0 degree Celsius.

小寒的期间，北京的平均气温将会在零下5度左右，部分北方地区气温能达到零下30度。而秦岭淮河一线气温将会保持在0度左右。

In Nanjing, people often eat vegetable-rice. In Guangdong province, people eat glutinous rice in the morning. Usually the rice consists of 60 percent of glutinous rice and 40 percent of fragrant rice. People fry some preserved meat and peanut and eat it together with the rice.

在南京，人们会吃菜饭，广东人们早上会吃糯米饭。这种糯米饭通常含有六成的糯米和四成的香米。当地人还会煎一些腌肉和花生作为下饭菜。

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, and food with warm nature such as glutinous rice, chives, fennel, caraway, asparagus, lamb and chicken.

为了抵御严寒，最好吃一些能为身体提供能量的食物，例如，鲑鱼、辣椒和一些温性食物，糯米饭、韭菜、茴香、香菜、芦笋、羊肉、鸡肉等。