What are the customs of Xiaoxue solar terms?

The customs of Xiaoxue solar terms include pickling in winter, tasting Ciba, drying dried fish, eating slices of soup and brewing Xiaoxue wine. Vegetables pickled with light snow are mainly pickled mustard in the north. Some places in the south have the custom of eating Ciba before and after the light snow. Eating "planing soup" is a custom of Tujia people, and it is delicious cooked with fresh pork. Xiaoxue wine is brewed with new grain after light snow. The so-called "October rice harvest, so spring wine longevity."

1, wax wind curing in winter

There is a folk custom of "storing wax in winter to keep out the cold". In the light snow season, the temperature drops suddenly and the weather becomes dry, which is a good time to process bacon. Some farmers began to make sausages and bacon, and stored the remaining meat in the traditional way until the Spring Festival.

Many places have the custom of eating bacon in winter, especially southern cities, which have a special liking for bacon. Guangzhou people like to make bacon radish cake with bacon, cook taro with bacon and stir-fry honey beans with sausage.

2. The taste is awkward

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.

3. Dried fish meal

During the light snow, fishermen in the south-central coastal area of 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.

4. Drink 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".

Step 5 brew Xiaoxue wine

Our people knew about wine making as early as the Xia Dynasty. Wine is mostly brewed in winter and after light snow, which is called light snow wine. The wine is stored until the next year, with clear color and crisp taste. This is because when it snows lightly, the water is unusually clear, comparable to snow water.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xiaoxue