Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - ANT FOREST, an ancient poem about Xiaoxue.

ANT FOREST, an ancient poem about Xiaoxue.

ANT FOREST's ancient poems about light snow scattered mica powder all over the world.

Mica powder scattered around the world comes from a seven-character poem "Sudden Cold and Light Snow in Late October" by Lu Wengui, a poet in the Song Dynasty. This poem expresses the feeling of cold in winter by describing the sudden cold and light snow in late October.

The Baisha Dike in Qingyang under the greenwood tree is from Spring Tour in Qiantang written by Bai Juyi, a poet in Tang Dynasty. By describing the beautiful scenery of the West Lake in early spring, this poem expresses the author's joy in visiting the lake in early spring and his love for the scenery of Qiantang River, as well as his love for the beauty of nature.

Light snow is the twentieth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the second solar term in winter. The time is Gregorian calendar1October 22 or 23 165438, that is, when the sun reaches 240 degrees of the yellow meridian. Light snow is a solar term reflecting precipitation and temperature, and it is a solar term with high frequency of cold wave and strong cold air activity. The arrival of the light snow solar term means that the weather is getting colder and colder and the precipitation is gradually increasing.

Light snow is a climatic concept, and its climatic factors include precipitation, temperature and light. The name of light snow, because "snow" is the product of cold weather, the climate is not deep and the precipitation is not heavy during this solar term, so "light snow" is used to compare the climate characteristics during this solar term.

traditional custom

There is a folk custom of "storing wax in winter to keep out the cold". In the light snow season, the temperature drops suddenly and the weather becomes dry, which is a good time to process bacon. Some farmers began to make sausages and bacon, and stored the remaining meat in the traditional way until the Spring Festival.

Many places have the custom of eating bacon in winter, especially southern cities, which have a special liking for bacon. Guangzhou people like to make bacon radish cake with bacon, cook taro with bacon and stir-fry honey beans with sausage.

Some places in the south also have the 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. 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.