Common name and meaning of heavy snow

In fact, there are many nicknames for heavy snow, such as Silver Millet, Jade Dust, Yulong, Liuchu and so on. It means that the mid-winter season officially begins.

"Heavy snow" is 2 1 solar term among the 24 solar terms, and it is also the third solar term in winter. It is also the end of the calendar and the beginning of next month; The time point is on February 7 or 8 of Gregorian calendar 12 every year, and the sun reaches 255 degrees of the yellow longitude. This year's heavy snow solar term is 65438+February 7. At this time, the weather is already cold, and the possibility of snowfall has greatly increased, marking the beginning of the mid-winter season.

"Heavy snow", as the name implies, has a large and wide amount of snow. "Twenty-four solar terms" said: "At this time, the snow is abundant." Heavy snow means colder weather, and the possibility of snowfall is greater than that of light snow. At this time, the weather is already cold, and the possibility of snowfall is greatly increased. The name of heavy snow not only reflects the climate characteristics of this period, but also implies people's expectation for a bumper harvest and yearning for a better life.

Traditional customs:

1, heavy snow bacon

There is a saying in old Nanjing called "light snow pickles, heavy snow pickles". Every household is busy pickling "salty goods" as soon as the solar term of heavy snow arrives. Add star anise, cinnamon, pepper, sugar, etc. Add salt and stir-fry until cooked. After the fried salt and pepper are completely cooled, they are coated on the inside and outside of fish, meat and poultry, and rubbed repeatedly until the meat turns from fresh to black and the surface oozes liquid.

Then put the meat and the remaining salt into the jar, press it with stones and put it in a cool and backlit place. After half a month, take it out, add water to the pot to boil the marinated marinade, skim off the floating foam, put it in the air-dried poultry meat, pile it in the jar layer by layer, pour the brine, press it on the big stone, take it out ten days later, and hang it under the Chaoyang eaves to dry it to welcome the New Year.

The heavy snow closed the river.

"Light snow seals the land and heavy snow seals the river". In the north, there is a natural landscape of "thousands of miles frozen, Wan Li snowing". In the south, there is also a charming picture of "snowflakes dancing and white clothes wrapped". In the solar term of heavy snow, the ice in the river freezes, and people can skate and play as much as they like.