小寒连大吕，欢鹊垒新巢。这里23时4分，当我们即将已来24节气中倒数第2节气：小寒。的“小”字，或许将隆冬的寒气解决了更多。但但是，1年中最寒潮的时间就已经已来。

雪飘寒重。一早的门窗定制已凝起了冰花，屋檐下的冰凌短时间衍生，好象一块颗洁白的钟乳石，在晨曦中熠熠亮光。最冷的时令，却无处蕴含着着勃勃生机。西北好多河、湖变身了为非人工的田径运动场。他们溜冰、划雪，在冰天泥地里优势大手脚，开朗畅达。对生态不同太敏感的海鸟，也着手萌动，雁思北乡，鹊始筑窝，连荒山中的雉鸡也叫个不停好，霜雪满天的冬，悄悄透过了春的异声。

小寒时令，腊梅花也悄悄地都存在，哪位抹鹅黄细雨飘舞，给凄冷的乾坤添置了生机。

进到腊月未来的时日里，浓浓的年味渐浓，客户刚刚开始写春联、剪窗花，现已为新春佳节做开始准备，时日便此等繁华起。

小寒虽寒，望春则暖。唯愿控制控制对生活方式的奉献，依偎夏日的冬日暖阳，吸取实力，连续不断大圆满！

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.（种类：市民日报微信朋友圈，国外英文翻譯 ASP有限公司 程成）