The exact time of light snow this year-when is light snow in 2022, and what is the hot spot today?

Lead: After beginning of winter, we will welcome the light snow solar term. Although it may snow in some places on this day, it is not absolute, and there is still no snow in some places. Light snow actually means that the weather will get colder and colder and the precipitation will gradually increase. So, when is the light snow in 2022? Let's take a look at the exact time of light snow this year.

When is the light snow in 2022?

165438+20221October 22 16: 20, 18 seconds, Tuesday, October 29th of the lunar calendar.

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.

This solar term is called light snow because "snow" is the product of cold weather. During this solar term, the climate is not deep and the precipitation is not great, so "light snow" is used to compare the climate characteristics during this solar term. "Light snow" is a metaphor, which reflects the active cold current and increased precipitation in this solar term, rather than the light snow under this solar term.

The ancients in China divided the light snow into three stages: the stage when the rainbow disappeared; Second, the weather is rising and the atmosphere is falling; Third, the weather was blocked and turned into winter. The yang in the sky rises and the yin in the ground falls, which leads to the impassability between heaven and earth and the disharmony between yin and yang, so everything loses its vitality, and the heaven and earth are blocked and become a cold winter.

Weather characteristics of light snow solar terms: 1, the weather is cold; 2. Cold air frequently goes south; 3. The rainfall is scarce; It changes from rain to snow.

upstate

Light snow solar terms, the temperature in the northern region began to drop to zero, and snowfall began in the northern region; The phenomenon of frozen soil in northeast China has appeared, which should be a scene of "light snow sealing the land"

Southern region

After the light snow solar term, except for Lingnan area and coastal areas, other cities began to enter winter, and there was an early winter scene of "Lotus has completely covered the rain and dew, and chrysanthemums still have branches in Ao Shuang".

The temperature in the light snow stage is lower than that in winter. Speaking of light snow solar terms, it means that there will be snowfall in North China. The cold air gradually brought the temperature below 0℃ in most parts of northern China. The average first snow period in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River is basically the same as the light snow solar terms. Although it began to snow, the amount of snow was generally small, and it was frozen at night and turned around by day.

If the cold air is strong and the warm and humid airflow is active, it may snow heavily. Winter begins in the northern part of the southern region. "Lotus has no shelter from the rain, and chrysanthemums still have branches in Ao Shuang" has always been the scene of early winter.

Light snow solar terms, ushered in a wide range of obvious gale cooling and precipitation weather process, will it snow? Meteorologists said that for northern China, the light snow season has basically entered winter, and snow is a common occurrence. In the south, the light snow season is at the turn of autumn and winter, so it's a little early to see the snow.

Light snow solar terms custom:

Dried fish meal

Light snow custom in the twenty-four solar terms: drying dried fish is the custom of light snow solar terms. When there is light snow, fishermen in the south-central coastal area of Taiwan Province Province will start drying dried fish and storing dry food. When it snows, fishermen at the seaside in south-central 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.

eat soup

Before and after the light snow, Tujia people started the annual folk activity of "killing pigs to welcome the new year", which added a warm atmosphere to the cold winter. Eating "planing 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". "Drinking soup" is a folk custom with a long history in rural areas such as Southwest China. The so-called "drinking a piece of soup" means that when the Chinese New Year is coming, the farm kills the pig at home, cooks a large pot of fresh meat and pig offal, and serves other dishes for everyone to eat and drink together. After that, the enthusiastic host usually sends a knife of meat to the guests. Anyone who wants to eat "sliced pig soup" will be very lively that day.

Eat a ciba.

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. There is a saying that "in October, Ciba Shao" refers to sacrificial events. Ciba is a kind of food made by steaming and mashing glutinous rice. Ciba is made by putting cooked glutinous rice into a stone trough and mashing it with a stone hammer or reed. Generally, this kind of food can be called Ciba. Southern ethnic snacks are popular foods in some areas of southern China.

smoked meat

As the saying goes, "Winter wax survives in the wind, but winter wax survives". After the light snow solar term, the temperature will drop sharply and the weather will become drier and drier. This is 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.