What does the custom of heavy snow and solar terms eat?

It is a custom to eat mutton, red sticky porridge and other foods in the snowy season.

"Winter supplements the tiger in spring", and the heavy snow reminds people to start tonic. Old Nanjing loves mutton in snowy days, and it can be paired with yam and medlar in winter, which is more nutritious. As for the northern nationalities, it is quite cold at this time. For example, there is a proverb in Baotou that "light snow kills pigs and heavy snow kills sheep". When the snow season comes, it is time to kill the pig and prepare the new year's goods.

After the heavy snow, the temperature gradually became cold. People pay great attention to indoor and outdoor warmth, and put on winter clothes to prevent freezing and frostbite. There is a saying among the people in northern Shandong: "When the door is right, just drink red sticky porridge", which means that you can only drink warm sweet potato porridge at home when it is cold.

The characteristics of heavy snow solar terms The climatic characteristics of heavy snow solar terms are: the temperature will drop obviously and the weather will be cold. After entering the solar term of heavy snow, the minimum temperature in most parts of China has dropped to 0℃ or below. Often in areas where cold and warm air meets strong cold air fronts, there will be heavy snow or even blizzard. It can be seen that the solar term of heavy snow indicates the beginning time and the degree of heavy snow during this period, and it is a solar term that directly reflects precipitation, just like the solar terms of light snow, rain and Grain Rain.

Heavy snow solar terms are affected by cold air, and heavy snowfall often occurs, causing snow on the ground. As the saying goes, "Xue Rui is a good omen for a bumper harvest year". Covering the earth with snow can freeze pests to death and create a good wintering environment for wintering crops.