Folk custom of light snow solar terms

The folklore of Xiaoxue solar terms includes drying dried fish and eating Ciba.

Dried fish: During the light snow, fishermen at the seaside in south-central Taiwan Province Province will start drying dried fish and storing dry food. The mullet group will come to the Taiwan Province Strait around Xiaoxue, as well as swordfish and sand fish. As the saying goes in Taiwan Province Province: October beans are too fat to see the head, which means that you can catch "bean fish" in the Bagai area of Chiayi County in October of the lunar calendar.

Eating Ciba: In some places in the south, there is also 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, which was first used by farmers. There is a saying that "in October, Ciba Shao" refers to sacrificial events.

Brief introduction of Xiao Xue

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.

Light snow is a concept of climate, and its climatic elements include precipitation, temperature and illumination. Because "snow" is the product of cold weather, the climate is not deep and the precipitation is not great during this solar term, so "light snow" is used to describe the climate characteristics during this solar term, which 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 related to the weather.