Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What do people say about the light snow festival and thunder?

What do people say about the light snow festival and thunder?

Folk say that thunder on the light snow festival is a precursor to snowstorm.

Light snow is the second solar term in winter. Lightning usually occurs in summer or at the turn of spring and summer, and thunder is very rare in winter. According to the old people in rural areas, once it thunders in winter, it means that the situation in the coming year may be bad and natural disasters are prone to occur. Because if there is a thunderstorm in winter, it means that the warm and humid airflow is active and the air humidity is high.

It is prone to rain and snow, so it is said that it will thunder and snow in winter. If it rains and snows and the temperature is relatively low, it will easily lead to freezing injury, disease and even death of rural livestock and crops. Therefore, there are agricultural proverbs such as "Ten cowsheds are empty when it thunders in winter" and "Thieves are everywhere when it thunders in winter".

Xiaoxue solar terms

Light snow is the twentieth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the second solar term in winter. The time is Gregorian calendar165438+1October 2 1 or 22 or 23. 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.