The meaning of light snow solar terms

1, the light snow solar term means that the weather is getting colder and the temperature drops to zero degrees Celsius, but the earth is not too cold at this time. Although it began to snow, the amount of snow was not large, and it would not accumulate when it fell on the ground. Xiaoxue solar term is the twentieth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms, which is on the 22nd or 23rd of 165438+ 10 every year, that is, when the sun reaches 240 degrees of the yellow meridian.

2. The custom of Xiaoxue:

(1) cured meat

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 motor bus

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) drying the dried fish

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 started the annual folk activity of "killing pigs 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".

(5) Pickled vegetables

There is a saying in old Nanjing, "light snow pickles, heavy snow pickles". In the past, limited by conditions, fresh vegetables were scarce and expensive in winter, so people used to pickle vegetables before and after light snow, and they relied on these pickled foods for eating in winter.