What are the customs of Xiaoxue?

Xiaoxue has the following customs: curing meat, drinking soup, drying dried fish, tasting Ciba, having snowball fights and keeping warm by fire.

First, cured meat

After the light snow solar term, 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 enjoy food during the Spring Festival. There is a folk custom of "storing wax in winter 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.

Second, drink soup.

Before and after the light snow, Tujia people started their annual folk activities again, adding a warm atmosphere to the cold winter. Eating "planing soup" is the custom of Tujia nationality. In folk activities, the delicious food carefully cooked with steaming first-class fresh pork is called "planing soup".

Third, dry 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.

Fourth, taste Ciba.

At the Light Snow Festival, people will make Ciba, a kind of cake made of glutinous rice flour and sesame seeds, peanuts and other ingredients. Ciba is sweet and delicious, and it is one of the traditional dishes in winter.

Five, snowball fights

On the Light Snow Festival, if it snows, people will go outside, have snowball fights, make snowmen, ski and so on. This is one of children's favorite activities and a traditional game in winter.

Sixth, make a fire to keep warm.

During the Light Snow Festival, people will light a charcoal fire or use other heating equipment at home, and at the same time, people will chat and sing while heating, which is also a traditional culture.