Heavy snow and solar terms

The customs of solar terms in heavy snow include drinking sweet potato porridge, bacon, watching river closure, eating caramel and storing ice.

1, drink sweet potato porridge.

There is a folk saying in northern Shandong that "unicycle pushes the door and only drinks red sticky porridge". The "unicycle" is a cylindrical agricultural tool made of stone, and the "red sticky porridge" is sweet potato porridge. The whole sentence means that if you don't open the door again with this tool, your neighbors will stop visiting and you can only drink warm sweet potato porridge at home.

2. bacon

There is a saying in the south called "light snow pickles, heavy snow pickles". As soon as the solar term comes, every household is busy pickling "pickles". In the era when there was no refrigerator before, bacon became the best way to preserve meat. Pickled meat tastes excellent, which is different from fresh meat. In addition to the taste of meat, cured meat also has its unique salty taste.

3. Watch the river closure

"Light snow seals the land and heavy snow seals the river". In the north, there is a natural landscape of "thousands of miles frozen, Wan Li snowing". In the south, there is also a charming picture of "snowflakes dancing and white clothes wrapped". In the solar term of heavy snow, the weather is very cold, and the water in the river freezes and forms a thick layer of ice, so people can enjoy themselves on the ice.

Step 4 eat caramel

In northern China, when it snows heavily, people still have the custom of eating caramel. Candy, also known as syrup among the people, is very popular with children. At this time, there will be small vendors selling sweets at the school gate and beside the park, attracting many children, women and the elderly to buy them.

5. Ice storage

In ancient times, there were no refrigerators and electric fans. In order to enjoy ice cubes in hot summer, people store a lot of ice cubes during heavy snow, whether official or private. The custom of storing ice has a very long history. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the ice bank in China was quite large.