When is Xiao Xue?

The light snow time is 20231October 22nd 165438+22: 02: 29.

Light snow is the twentieth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the second solar term in winter. It is called Xiao Xue because "snow" is the product of cold weather. At this time, cold air activities tend to be frequent, the temperature in all parts of the country continues to fall, and the rain and snow weather gradually increases. People have vaguely felt the coming of winter. Therefore, "light snow" is used to compare the climate characteristics during this solar term.

The third stage of light snow: as soon as the rainbow disappears, the form of precipitation gradually changes from rain to snow, and the rain gradually becomes scarce, so the rainbow is hidden and disappeared. Second, the sky rises and falls, the sky is yang and the ground is yin, and the yang rises and is gloomy. Yin and Yang no longer intersect, and heaven and earth are in their proper places. When the third kind of weather is blocked from entering winter, the "metabolism" of nature slows down, thus turning into a cold winter.

The custom of xiaoxue:

1, Pickled vegetables: There is a saying in old Nanjing, "Pickled vegetables in light snow, salted meat in heavy snow". In the past, limited by conditions, fresh vegetables were scarce and expensive in winter, so people used to pickle vegetables before and after light snow, and they relied on these pickled foods for eating in winter.

2. Eating Ciba: In some places in the south, there is a custom of eating Ciba in October of the lunar calendar. Ciba is a kind of food made by steaming and mashing glutinous rice, and it is a popular food in some areas of southern China. Moreover, in ancient times, Ciba was a traditional festival sacrifice in southern China. It was originally used by farmers to worship the cow god. There is a saying that "in October, Ciba Lulu burned", which refers to sacrificial events.

3. Drink soup: Before and after the light snow, Tujia people started the annual folk activity of "killing pigs to welcome the new year", adding a warm atmosphere to the cold winter. Drinking 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".