What is the custom of Xiaoxue?

Xiaoxue is the twentieth of the twenty-four solar terms. 165438+1On October 22nd or 23rd, when the sun reaches 240, it is called the light snow solar term. At this time, the sun is at-2016' at the declination. On this day, Beijing's daylight saving time is only 9 hours and 49 minutes, and the height of the sun at noon is only 29 50'. During the "light snow" solar term, the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the northwest at night (equivalent to 10 on the clock). Every night after 20: 00, if you look at the stars at home, you can see that the Big Dipper sinks in the west, while the W-shaped Cassiopeia rises to the sky. Instead of the Big Dipper, she found the coordinates of Polaris and navigated for the stargazers. The quadrilateral Pegasus is facing the sky, and Orion, which symbolizes the winter starry sky, is already on the eastern horizon.

Bacon, there is a folk custom of "curing in winter and storing it to keep out the cold". After a 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 stored the surplus meat in the traditional way until the Spring Festival. Eating Ciba is the custom of light snow and solar terms in some places in the south, and it is 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.

Dried fish, fishermen in the south-central coastal area of Taiwan Province Province will start drying dried fish and storing dry food during the light snow. 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. Drinking soup is one of Xiaoxue's solar terms customs. 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.