The ground is not cold, even without snow.

Because the earth is not too cold, although it began to snow, but the amount of snow is not large, so it is called light snow.

From the ancient book Qunfangpu. Light snow is very cold and it will snow, but the ground is not even cold and there is not much snow. That is to say, due to the cold weather, in the "light snow" solar term, the form of precipitation changed from rain to snow, but at this time, because the ground is not very cold, the number of snows is small and the amount of snow is not large, so it is called light snow.

Light snow is a season that reflects weather phenomena. There is little snow, and there is no snow on the ground. This is the original meaning of the solar term "light snow". Like rain and Grain Rain, light snow is a solar term that directly reflects precipitation.

Xiaoxue is the twentieth of the twenty-four solar terms. The time is165438+1October 22 or 23 of the Gregorian calendar every year, that is, when the sun reaches 240 degrees of the yellow meridian. "Light snow" is a solar term reflecting the climate characteristics. It represents the climate characteristics during the light snow solar term; The light snow in the weather forecast refers to the snow with less snowfall intensity. Light snow solar term is a solar term with high frequency of cold wave and strong cold air activity.

Light snow solar terms custom:

1. In northern China, during the light snow season, most people want to eat instant-boiled mutton. In the general light snow solar term, the weather is cold, dark, and there is little light, which is easy to cause or aggravate depression at this time. Warm tonic foods suitable for this season include mutton, beef and chicken. Foods suitable for tonifying kidney include cashew nuts, Euryale ferox, yam, chestnuts, ginkgo, walnuts and so on.

2. There is a folk custom that "winter wax survives in the wind and winter survives". After a light snow, the temperature plummeted and the weather became dry, which was a good time to process bacon. After the light snow festival, some farmers began to make sausages and bacon and enjoy food during the Spring Festival.

3. Some places in the south also have the custom of eating Ciba in October of the lunar calendar. 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.

4. Before and after the light snow, Tujia people started the annual folk activity of "Killing the Year Pig 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".