What folk activities does Xiaoxue have?

The folk activities of Xiaoxue Solar Term include: bacon, eating Ciba, drying dried fish and drinking soup.

1, bacon

There is a folk custom of "curing in winter and storing it to keep out the cold". 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 stored the surplus meat in the traditional way until the Spring Festival.

2. eat a gas bar

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 had the custom of "killing pigs in the New Year". 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".

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Light snow health taboo

1, eat less spicy food

It is cold in winter, and our bodies need to consume more calories to resist the cold, which also causes people to have more demand for food in winter, which can warm their bodies. Spicy food has become the first choice for people in winter, which can stimulate taste buds and increase appetite.

2, less exposed joints

Winter is a cold season, and the temperature is far below the body temperature. Low temperature can easily lead to cold invasion and illness. Especially in the joints, the fat layer is weak, which makes it easier to catch cold and joint pain.

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