What does Xiaoxue eat on solar terms?

The foods that can be eaten on the day of Xiaoxue solar term are sliced soup, Ciba, bacon and dried fish.

1, soup

Before and after the light snow, it is the most lively period of Tujia people, and it is necessary to start the annual folk activity of "killing pigs to welcome the new". After the pig is killed, people cook the pork, pig blood and pig viscera that are still hot, make local "soup", and then eat it together with the whole family.

2.lamb cake

In some parts of the south, there is a custom of eating Ciba before and after the light snow. This is a kind of food made of steamed and mashed glutinous rice. In some places, Ciba is made into a circle, symbolizing celebration and reunion. Some areas have different names for Ciba, for example, Zhejiang calls it rice cake.

3.bacon

In China, many places have the custom of eating bacon in winter, especially people in southern cities, who have a special liking for bacon. Before and after the light snow, the temperature gradually dropped and the weather became dry and cold, which was a good time to process bacon.

4. dried fish meal

During the light snow, fishermen in Dalian, Qingdao and other coastal cities began an annual activity of drying dried fish, which was used as wintering food.

Brief introduction of light snow solar terms information:

Light snow is the twentieth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the second solar term in winter. The time is Gregorian calendar1October 22 or 23 165438, that is, when the sun reaches 240 degrees of the yellow meridian. Light snow is a solar term reflecting precipitation and temperature, and it is a solar term with high frequency of cold wave and strong cold air activity. The arrival of the light snow solar term means that the weather is getting colder and colder and the precipitation is gradually increasing.

"Snow" is the product of cold weather, so "light snow" is used to describe the climate characteristics of this solar term "the climate is not deep and the precipitation is not heavy". The "light snow" solar term reflects the changing trend of temperature and precipitation, and does not mean that there is a small amount of snow under this solar term. The solar term "light snow" is not necessarily related to the "light snow" in the weather.

Reference to the above content: People's Daily Online-"Light Snow" during the "beginning of winter" season.