When is the light snow solar term in 2022?

What is the light snow solar term? Light snow is the second solar term in winter. The temperature dropped and it began to snow, but it was not the season of heavy snow, so it was called light snow. So when is the light snow solar term in 2022? The following is the date of the light snow solar term in 2022. Welcome to learn!

When is the light snow solar term in 2022?

The light snow solar term in 2022 is the Gregorian calendar year 2022165438+1October 22nd 16: 20, 18 seconds, which is the Tuesday of the lunar calendar1October 29th.

"Light Snow" is a festival that reflects weather phenomena. "Light snow refers to the second half of the solar calendar 1 1 and the second half of the lunar calendar in October. There is little snow, and there is no snow on the ground, which is the original meaning of Xiaoxue solar terms.

The ancient book "Qunfangpu" said: "The light snow is cold and it will snow, but the ground is cold and the snow is not big." That is to say, due to the cold weather, the form of precipitation in the light snow festival changes from rain to snow, but at this time, because the ground is not very cold, the number of snows is small and the amount of snow is not large, it is called light snow. So light snow indicates the beginning time and degree of snowfall. Light snow, like rain and Grain Rain, is a solar term that directly reflects precipitation.

What are the customs of Xiaoxue solar terms?

1, dried fish

Generally, during the light snow solar term, fishermen in the south-central coastal area of Taiwan Province Province will start drying dried fish and storing dry food. The mullet group will come to the Taiwan Province Strait around the light snow, including swordfish and sand fish. There is a proverb in Taiwan Province Province that "beans are too fat to see in October", which means that in the area of Budai Town in Chiayi County, you can catch "beans and fish" in October of the lunar calendar.

2. Drink soup.

Eating "planing soup" is the custom of Tujia nationality. Before and after the light snow, Tujia people will hold the annual folk activity of "killing pigs to welcome the new year", which adds a warm atmosphere to the cold winter. In this folk activity, the delicious food carefully cooked with steaming first-class fresh pork is called "planing soup".

3. bacon

There is a folk custom of curing meat: "curing in winter, keeping it for the winter." This is because after the light snow solar terms, the temperature plummeted and the weather became dry, which is a good time to process bacon. After the light snow festival, some farmers began to make sausages and bacon, and stored excess meat in the traditional way, so as to enjoy delicious bacon during the Spring Festival! The traditional habit of processing and making bacon not only has a long history, but also has universality. Every year1February, that is, before "Xiaoxue" and "beginning of spring", every household has to kill pigs and sheep. Except the fresh meat enough for Chinese New Year, the rest of the fresh meat is salted with a certain proportion of spices such as pepper, star anise, cinnamon and clove. After 7- 15 days, hang it with a palm leaf rope and drip dry water to make it. Choose cypress branches, sugarcane skins, Chinese toon skins or firewood to smoke and bake slowly, and then hang them up and smoke slowly with fireworks. Or hung on the top of the stove burning firewood, or hung on the oven burning firewood and smoked slowly with fireworks.

4. eat a gas bar

Some places in the south have the custom of eating Ciba in October of the lunar calendar. In ancient times, Ciba was a traditional festival sacrifice in the south of China, which was originally used by farmers to worship the cow god. There is a saying that "in October, Ciba is burnt with dew", which means that when offering sacrifices, Ciba is used as an offering. Ciba is made by steaming glutinous rice and stamping it with a special stone trough. It takes a lot of effort to make Ciba by hand, but it is soft and delicate and tastes excellent. There are pure glutinous rice, millet, glutinous rice mixed with millet and corn mixed with glutinous rice. In addition, glutinous rice and glutinous rice are ground into powder and poured into a wood carving mold. This kind of mold is engraved with patterns, commonly known as "peeling" ciba, which is very labor-intensive and needs several people to make it.

Step 5 brew new wine

The wine cellar in the first ten days of the lunar calendar is called October White. Making wine with pure white flour, white rice and spring water is called Sanjiu wine. Add a few peach petals in spring, also called peach blossom wine. Jiangshan area draws well water to make wine in winter, and hides it for drinking when peach blossoms bloom in the next spring, which is called peach blossom wine. There is a folk proverb in Hangzhou Winter Moon: "Huizhou is everywhere, and Shaoxing people are in front." In other words, Huizhou people make firecrackers, Longyou people make paper horses, and Shaoxing people are famous for making wine. Xiaofeng makes wine in early winter, and Changxing makes wine after light snow, both of which are called light snow wine. The wine is stored until the next year, with clear color and crisp taste. This is because when it snows lightly, the water is unusually clear, comparable to snow water.

Folk stories about light snow solar terms

"Eating Ciba when light snow comes" is a traditional custom in Jiangnan water town. At this time of year, adults and children will talk about it: what's the date today? There are still a few days to go to Xiaoxue. Whose glutinous rice has been ground and whose is still hanging in the field? At this time, the children are very excited and feel like the New Year. Sometimes when the weather is bad and the glutinous rice harvest is late, adults are not ready to cook and eat, but they can't beat the children, so they try to borrow some to cook and eat.

According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Wu Zixu, a courtier of the State of Chu, went to Wu to avenge his father and wanted to use Wu's soldiers to crusade against Chu. He came to the State of Wu, helped He Lv, the king of Wu, to become a minister active in the State of Wu.

Gou Jian, the state of Yue, took the opportunity to send troops to attack the state of Wu and surrounded the capital of Wu. At that time, it was the end of the year, it was freezing, the people in the city were hungry and cold, and the country and people were really in danger. At this critical moment, people think of Wu Zixu's entrustment before his death, and secretly tear down the city walls to dig the ground. People are surprised to find that the foundations of cities are all bricks and stones pressed with cooked glutinous rice.

It turns out that this is the grain reserve stored as the cornerstone of the city wall after a large amount of glutinous rice is steamed and pressed into bricks in Wu Zixu. People can't help but sigh, Wu Zixu is so prescient! Everyone picked up the glutinous rice bricks, smashed them, cooked them again and ate them separately.

Later, in Chutian area, people would make glutinous rice into Ciba every year as a "city brick" to show their respect for Wu Zixu.