When is the solar term for heavy snow?

The solar term of heavy snow in 2023 is 65438+February 7 17: 32: 44.

Heavy snow is 2 1 of the 24 solar terms and the third solar term in winter. Snow solar term is a climate concept, which represents the climate characteristics during the snow solar term, namely temperature and precipitation. The solar term of heavy snow is a solar term reflecting the changing trend of temperature and precipitation, and it is also a reflection of ancient farming culture on festivals.

Three degrees of heavy snow: birds don't sing when they wait. According to legend, ostrich is a kind of Hao Han bird. In the cold winter, Hao Han birds froze and stopped singing. Hao Han bird is not a bird, but a mouse. It often makes its home in tall trees or caves, rests during the day and goes out for food at night.

Waiting for the tiger to have sex. The ancients believed that in the snowy season, the spirit of the sun had sprouted and tigers began to courtship. Third, wait for the plum to stand out. After the tiger, Li Ting also felt the germination of the spirit of the sun and tried to pull out new buds. Litting is a kind of bluegrass. Its flowers are tasteless and look like cattails. It has only one root, and the root is very hard, so it can be made into a brush.

traditional custom

1, bacon

Nanjing has the custom of "light snow pickles, heavy snow pickles". Add star anise, cinnamon, pepper, sugar, etc. To salt, stir-fry, put it on the inside and outside of fish and poultry meat, then put it in a jar, press it with stones, take it out after half a month, add water to boil the marinade, add dried poultry meat layer by layer, and marinate it in the jar for ten days. Take it out to dry to welcome the new year.

2. Sacrifice to the shepherd

The Mosuo people in Lugu Lake area have spread festivals to worship the gods since ancient times. On this day every year, every family in the village will prepare a hearty breakfast. The most important thing is to cook a pig heart as a pre-meal sacrifice to the "animal husbandry god." People who are usually in charge of grazing should put on new clothes to celebrate, and housewives should give them the best food.