What is the solar term behind the heavy snow?

The solar terms behind the heavy snow are winter solstice, slight cold and great cold.

1, winter solstice

Winter solstice, also known as solstice, winter festival, child year, etc. It has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk ancestor worship festival in China. The solstice in winter is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year. The custom of winter solstice varies in content or details due to different regions. In southern China, there are customs of offering sacrifices to ancestors and enjoying the winter solstice. In northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi from winter to Sunday every year.

2, slightly cold

Slight cold is the 23rd solar term among the 24 solar terms, the 5th solar term in winter, the end of the second month of the dry calendar and the beginning of the ugly month. Fighting fingers; The meridian of the sun is 285; It is celebrated every year on June 5-7 of 65438+ 10 in Gregorian calendar. Cold air is cold for a long time, and slight cold means that the weather is cold but not extreme. Like severe cold, mild heat, severe heat and intense heat, it is a solar term indicating temperature change. The slight cold solar term is characterized by cold, but it is not extremely cold.

3. Great cold

The Great Cold is the last of the 24 solar terms. Fighting refers to ugliness; The solar meridian reaches 300; Celebrate on the calendar of 65438+1October 20-2 1 every year. Great cold, like slight cold, is a solar term indicating the degree of cold weather, and great cold is extremely cold weather. The great cold solar term is from March 9 to April 9, and the cold wave frequently goes south, which is the coldest season of the year.

The custom of winter solstice

Eating dumplings is a traditional custom from winter solstice, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. "Tangyuan" is an indispensable food in winter solstice, and "round" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter is also called "the solstice in winter". There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls makes you one year older".

In many parts of northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi every winter solstice. North China will eat jiaozi on this day, because jiaozi means "driving away the cold". So far, there is a folk proverb that says "no one will care if you freeze your ears on the winter solstice".

Some places in the south want to eat barbecue on the solstice in winter. On the solstice of winter, roasted meat becomes an indispensable delicacy on the table of Guangdong and Guangxi people, which means adding vegetables to add new year. On the solstice of winter, Wuchuan people have the custom of "eating ginger rice" on the solstice of winter.