Buying sesame straw 買芝麻桿

Major Cold always coincides with the end of the year in lunar calendar. In some areas of China, people always fall over each other in eagerness to buy sesame straw during this period because of the old saying, "Rise joint by joint like sesame flowers on the stem." This saying is used to describe either ever-rising living standards or making steady progress in thought, studies or skills.

大寒節(jié)氣恰逢農(nóng)歷歲末。在中國的部分地區(qū)，這個(gè)時(shí)候人們會(huì)爭相購買芝麻桿，因?yàn)槔显捰性疲骸爸ヂ殚_花節(jié)節(jié)高?！边@句俗語寓意生活水平不斷提高或思想、學(xué)業(yè)、技能穩(wěn)步前進(jìn)。