What are the folk customs in the light snow season?

Folk customs in the light snow season include: curing bacon, drying dried fish, eating Ciba and so on.

1, bacon

There is a folk custom of "storing wax in winter to keep out the cold". After a light snow, the temperature plummeted and the weather became dry, which was a good time to process bacon. After the light snow festival, some farmers began to make sausages and bacon, and stored the surplus meat in the traditional way until the Spring Festival.

2. dried fish meal

During the light snow, 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. Taiwan Province Province proverb: October beans are too fat to see the head, which means that you can catch "bean fish" in October of the lunar calendar in the cloth bag area of Chiayi County.

3. eat a gas bar

Some places in the south also 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 Shao" refers to sacrificial events.

Xiaoxue's farming activities:

1, store vegetables

After the light snow festival in the northern region, fruit farmers began to prune the fruit trees and wrap the stems with straw foil to prevent them from freezing. In winter, vegetables are mostly stored in soil, either in the cellar or buried in the soil, which is convenient for eating. As the saying goes, "snow shovel cabbage, snow shovel spinach." When storing Chinese cabbage in deep ditch soil, stop watering about ten days before harvest, do a good job of antifreeze to facilitate storage, and try to harvest it in sunny days.

After harvesting Chinese cabbage, the roots of Chinese cabbage are dried in the sun for 3-4 days, and then stored after the outer leaves of Chinese cabbage become soft. The depth of this ditch depends on the height of cabbage. When stored, the roots of cabbage are all downward, and they are discharged side by side in the ditch. When it is cold, cabbage leaves and corn stalks are covered to prevent freezing. However, when storing semi-ripe cabbage, put some water in the ditch and put soil at the same time. The depth of soil and water should be buried in the roots, and it will grow and mature after eating.

2. Fish ponds overwinter

During this period, it is the key to improve the survival rate of overwintering fish to prepare and manage the overwintering fish ponds well. Prepare feed for large livestock in advance to ensure their survival in winter.