What was the custom of Xiaoxue that day?

The custom of Xiaoxue solar term is to pickle bacon, taste Ciba and store winter vegetables.

1, bacon

There is a folk custom of "pickling with wind in winter and storing it for the winter". After the 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 enjoy food during the Spring Festival. Hangzhou people often use this solar term to start pickling salted duck and bacon.

2. The taste is awkward

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 carved wood carving mold, commonly known as "peeling".

Step 3 Reserve winter vegetables

You can eat fresh vegetables in spring, summer and autumn, and it is colder in winter. If you can't grow vegetables, you can only reserve them in advance, such as potatoes, Chinese cabbage, radishes, onions and other storable vegetables, which are the main dishes on the table in winter. In addition, people will pickle all kinds of pickles for winter consumption.

The main characteristics of light snow solar terms:

1, the temperature gradually decreases: in the light snow season, the temperature begins to drop obviously, and the weather gradually becomes cold. Most parts of the northern hemisphere enter the early winter season, and the cold air gradually increases.

2. Crops enter dormancy period: With the decrease of temperature, crops gradually enter dormancy period, and their growth activities slow down or even stop. Farmers can take advantage of this opportunity for soil management and crop protection.

3. Frequent cold waves: The light snow solar term is a period of frequent cold waves, with frequent cold air activities, sudden drop in temperature and wide range of cold waves, which may have a certain impact on people's lives, transportation and agriculture.

4. The days are short and the nights are long: during the light snow solar term, the days are short and the nights are long in most parts of the northern hemisphere, and the days gradually decrease and the nights gradually increase. This is also the beginning of the astronomical winter.