What to eat in snowy solar terms?

With the arrival of the solar term of heavy snow, people often eat dog meat, mutton and bacon. The solar term of heavy snow usually falls between February 6th and 8th in Gregorian calendar 12, and it has officially entered the winter, so it is necessary to eat hot food such as dog meat and mutton to warm the stomach and keep out the cold. After the solar term of heavy snow, the cold wave will generally come, and most areas will cool down and snow.

What to eat in snowy solar terms?

Heavy snow is the second1solar term among the 24 solar terms, and generally falls on February 6-8 of the Gregorian calendar. People usually eat hot food such as dog meat and mutton to keep warm, and when the solar term of heavy snow comes, people begin to prepare pickled products, that is, marinate and dry poultry meat, which is also a traditional special food.

Chinese medicine believes that the solar term of heavy snow should be mainly tonic, because the climate in winter is dry, you can eat more eggs, sesame seeds and fish, and drink more honey water to moisten your lungs. In addition, red dates, yam and bean products are also suitable for people with qi deficiency to warm up. Eat less hot and dry food, such as pepper and pepper.

After the arrival of the heavy snow solar term, the most common weather phenomena are cooling, rain and snow. A new wave of cold waves has reduced the average temperature in most parts of the north to -20 degrees to -5 degrees, and frost will appear in some parts of the south. In northern areas such as Heilongjiang and Jilin, when the temperature drops after heavy snow and solar terms, there will be rime, a natural beauty.