What is the light snow solar term for?

Xiaoxue solar terms include pickling pickles, tasting Ciba, drying dried fish, eating slices of soup and brewing Xiaoxue wine. Vegetables pickled with light snow are mainly pickled mustard in the north. Some places in the south have the custom of eating Ciba before and after the light snow. Eating "planing soup" is a custom of Tujia people, and it is delicious cooked with fresh pork. Xiaoxue wine is brewed with new grain after light snow. The so-called "October rice harvest, so spring wine longevity."

rural activity

At the beginning of the light snow solar term, the frozen depth of the soil in Northeast China has reached 10cm, with an average of 1cm for almost one day and night, and more than one meter at the end of the solar term. Therefore, as the saying goes, "the snow area is tightly sealed", and then rivers of all sizes freeze.

The agricultural proverb says, "Light snow will make the coming year rich." There are three meanings here. First, there will be light snow, and the rain will be even in the coming year, without major droughts and floods; Second, snow can freeze some germs and pests to death, reducing the occurrence of pests and diseases in the coming year; Thirdly, snow can keep warm, which is conducive to the decomposition of soil organic matter and enhance soil fertility.