What is the custom of eating in the snowy solar terms?

In the snowy solar terms, people are used to eating mutton, red sticky porridge and other foods.

"Winter supplements, spring kills tigers", and heavy snow reminds people to start tonic. Old Nanjing loves mutton in snowy days, and it can be served with yam and medlar in winter, which is more nutritious. As for the northern nationalities, it's quite cold at this time. For example, there is a saying in Baotou that "light snow kills pigs and heavy snow kills sheep". When the snow season comes, it is time to kill pigs and prepare for the new year's goods.

After the heavy snow, the temperature gradually became cold. People pay great attention to keep warm indoors and outdoors, and wear winter clothes to prevent freezing and frostbite. There is a folk saying in northern Shandong that "people only drink red sticky porridge", which means that when it is cold, they no longer visit their homes, but only drink warm sweet potato porridge at home.

The characteristics of heavy snow solar terms The climatic characteristics of heavy snow solar terms are: the temperature will drop obviously and the weather will be cold. After entering the solar term of heavy snow, the minimum temperature in most parts of China has dropped to 0℃ or below. Often, in areas where cold and warm air meets strong cold air fronts, there will be heavy snow or even blizzard. It can be seen that the solar terms of heavy snow indicate the starting time of this period and the degree of heavy snow, which, like the solar terms of light snow, rain and Grain Rain, directly reflect the precipitation.

Heavy snow solar terms are affected by cold air, and heavy snowfall often occurs, causing snow on the ground. As the saying goes, "Xue Rui heralds a bumper harvest year". Covering the earth with snow can freeze pests to death and create a good wintering environment for wintering crops.