小寒连大吕，欢鹊垒新巢。昨天23时两分，我门即将迎来24节气中倒数第二个节气：小寒。有一个“小”字，因此将隆冬的寒气避免了很多的。但但其实，每年中最非常寒冷的时日己经来临。

雪飘寒重。晨起的阳台窗已凝起了冰花，屋檐下的冰凌短时间内植物的生长，好像一个颗透亮的钟乳石，在晨曦中熠熠亮光。最冷的时令，却时刻蕴涵着生趣。南方每人河、湖变成为本身的运转场。人类溜冰、滑冰，在冰天雪原里艺术展腿法，乐观开朗畅达。对那自然影响特别敏感的鸟群，也已经萌动，雁思北乡，鹊始筑窝，连森林中的雉鸡也鸣响出来，霜雪满天的冬，慢慢慢慢显现出了春的响动。

小寒时分，腊梅花也悄悄怒放，哪部抹鹅黄随风飘荡飘散，给冽冽的天突显了充满活力。

进腊月往后，年味儿渐浓，朋友逐渐开始写春联、剪窗花，己经为新春佳节做需要准备，岁月便如此这般闹热了。

小寒虽寒，望春则暖。只愿始终如一确保对生话的向往，抱抱美丽的冬日的骄阳，积淀战斗力，持续向前走！

Minor Cold

Minor Cold is the 23^rd solar term of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms. For most areas of China, it marks the start of the coldest days of the year. This  year’s Minor Cold starts on Jan 5. Many Chinese sayings use the weather and climate situation during Minor Cold to predict the weather in the following spring.

Still, bitter cold can’t prevent people from enjoying their lives. Here are some things that help us to stay warm during Minor Cold.

Stocking up for New Year

During Minor Cold, people always start stocking New Years goods, which include Spring Festival couplets, New Year pictures, paper-cuts for window decoration, fire crackers, incense and lanterns.

Mutton hot pot, chestnuts and baked sweet potato

Mutton hot pot, chestnuts and baked sweet potato are three recommended foods for Minor Cold. According to traditional Chinese medicine theories, people need to eat food that contains more yang energy to prevent cold from harming their organs. The yang energy in the three types of food is strengthened through their method of cooking: boiling, stir frying and baking.

Beef, sesame, walnuts, almonds and raisins are also good choices for Minor Cold.

Eating Laba porridge

Another important traditional food for Minor Cold is Laba porridge. It is made from more than 20 kinds of nuts, cereals and dried fruits. Local people in Beijing 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.（源于：我们日报手机微信，英文音标翻泽 ASP品牌 程成）