When is the light snow in solar terms this year?

The light snow solar term in 2023 is165438+1October 22nd.

Xiaoxue is the twentieth of the twenty-four solar terms. 165438+1On October 22nd or 23rd, when the sun reaches 240, it is called the light snow solar term. Entering the light snow solar term means that there will be snowfall in North China. The cold air gradually brought the temperature below 0℃ in most parts of northern China.

Light snow solar terms, due to the cold weather, the form of precipitation changed from rain to snow, but at this time, because the ground is not very cold, the amount of snow is not enough, so it is called light snow. Xiaoxue solar term is a climate concept, which represents the climate characteristics during Xiaoxue solar term, namely temperature and precipitation.

There is no necessary connection between the light snow in solar terms and the light snow in the weather. In fact, judging from the amount of snowfall, the snowfall in various places during the light snow solar term is generally small, which does not mean that it is about to "snow".

folk culture

1, eat Ciba: In some places in the south, there is a custom of eating Ciba in the light snow season. There is a saying called "October, high spirits." .

2. Bacon: There is a folk custom of "curing in winter and storing for winter". After a light snow, the temperature plummeted and the weather became dry, which was a good time to process bacon.

3. Eat soup: Before and after the light snow, Tujia people will hold the annual folk activity of "Killing the Year Pig to Welcome the New Year" to add a warm atmosphere to the cold winter. Eating "planing soup" is the custom of Tujia nationality. In the folk activity of "killing pigs to welcome the new year", the delicious food carefully cooked with steaming first-class fresh pork is called "planing soup".