双语版24节气( 二 )


The third pentad, the fish bears the ice.(三侯鱼陟负冰)In the north, the surface of the water freezes during the peak cold, but the bottom seems warmer, where fish lurk and wait quietly for spring. In spring, the ice on the water surface begins to melt.Fish quickly sense the change and scramble to the surface of the water to swimin the cracks between the ice and the ice that has not completely melted.Therefore, it is called "ice on fish" in ancient times.
饮食养生 What to eat
★ 春卷/春饼 Spring roll/Pancake (Chun juan/bing)
在中国北方,人们会在立春吃春饼,而南方人则会吃春卷。
In Northern China, people eat chun bing (春饼) at this day to celebrate the Spring Begins. While in Southern China, people eat spring rolls (春卷) instead.
The spring pancake took its rise from the Jin dynasty and has prospered since the Tang dynasty. People celebrated the Spring Begins by eating spring pancakes wrapped around fresh vegetables and meat, which is called bite-the-spring (咬春). Bite-the-spring implies that people are praying for a good harvest year through eating the fresh vegetables and meat at the Spring Begins. In the Qing dynasty, spring pancakes became a fried pancake wrapped around a filling that included ham, chicken, pork, black dates, scallions, walnuts and sugar.
春饼起源于晋朝,盛行于唐代。春饼是用煎饼包裹着新鲜的蔬菜和肉,人们会吃春饼来庆祝立春的到来,这就是“咬春”。人们通过在立春吃新鲜蔬菜和肉,即“咬春”的仪式,来祈祷新年能有好收成。到了清朝,春饼演变为一种油炸煎饼包裹着火腿肉、猪肉、黑枣、大葱、核桃和糖。
春饼和北京烤鸭饼差不多,只是更大一些,通常包着各种炒过的馅料。传统观念认为,菜芽可以帮助人们顺应自然升发的趋势。所以春饼里面包裹着各种嫩嫩的菜芽,如黄豆芽、小韭菜、菠菜、葱花等。这些和炒蛋和红烧肉片搭配起来相得益彰。
The pancake wrapper is just like that of a Peking roast duck, only bigger, and usually wrapped around various Chinese stir-fry fillings. The traditional belief holds that the vegetable sprouts will help people cater to the natural tendency of growing. So the spring pancake has a variety of tender vegetable sprouts wrapped inside, such as soybean sprouts, baby leek, spinach and shallot. These are complemented by flavorful fried egg and braised pork slices.
初春时节气温还很低,我们的身体需要更多的能量。建议饮食以温性或时令食物为主。
Temperature is still cold in the early spring, that our body needs more energy. Recommended diet is warm or seasonal food.
在中医理论中,春季在五行中属木,与肝脏有关。木喜水,因此在春季草木生发之时要多喝水,多吃一些能养木养肝的食物,如枸杞、菊花茶等。此时适合吃大枣、韭菜、虾仁、绿豆芽、黄豆芽、菠菜、萝卜,下面推荐两种蔬菜。
In traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) theory, spring belongs to wood in five elements which relates to liver. According to this, more water and other food that can nourishing the wood and liver are needed, like Gogi Berry and chrysanthemum tea. Chinese dates, leeks, shrimp, mung bean sprouts, soybean sprouts, spinach, turnips are best to eat at this time. Here are two vegetable recommended.
★ 萝卜 Turnip
[功效] Function
泻热解毒,祛积排痰,中医有言“冬吃萝卜夏吃姜,不用医生开药方”。
Clear excess static heat, remove heat toxins, clear digestive stagnation, remove accumulated phlegm, and stimulate body fluids. There is a wisdom in TCM saying that “eat turnip in winter, and ginger in summer, no need to see doctor any more”.
★ 韭菜 Leek
[功效] Function
行气血,散寒气。Move qi and blood, disperse cold
中医认为韭菜具有调理气机的作用。还能驱寒,促进血液循环。