What are the folk customs in the light snow season?

Folk customs in the light snow season are: curing bacon, drying dried fish and drinking soup.

1. Pickled bacon: There is a folk custom of "pickling in winter and storing it 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.

2. Dried fish: During the light snow, fishermen in the coastal areas of south-central 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.

3. Drink soup: Before and after the light snow, Tujia people started the annual folk activity of "killing pigs to welcome the new year". Drinking soup is the custom of Tujia nationality. In the folk activities of "Killing the Year Pig to Welcome the New Year", steaming top-grade fresh pork is carefully cooked, which is called "planing soup".

Meteorological changes of light snow

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. Light snow solar terms indicate that a relatively stable meridional circulation has been established in East Asia. When the Siberian depression or trough moves eastward, there will be a wide range of cold air going south, which will bring a wide range of windy and cool weather.

There is no necessary connection between the light snow in solar terms and the light snow in the weather. The meaning of "light snow" in solar terms is different from that in daily weather forecast. Light snow solar term is a climate concept, which reflects the temperature and precipitation. The "light snow" in the weather forecast refers to the snow with less snowfall intensity.

Meteorologically, the horizontal visible distance is equal to or greater than 1000m, the ground snow depth is less than 3cm, and the snowfall in 24 hours is between 0. 1-2.4mm, which is called "light snow". ..

Light snow solar terms do not necessarily snow. In fact, the solar terms with the largest snowfall in the whole year are not in light snow and heavy snow. For example, the solar term with the largest annual snowfall in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and its vicinity is neither "light snow and heavy snow" nor "slight cold and severe cold", but a "rainy" solar term in spring.