Xiaoxue's solar terms custom

The customs in the light snow season are: pickling pickles, eating Ciba, drying dried fish, drinking soup and making wine.

1, kimchi

As the saying goes, "light snow pickles, heavy snow pickles." The custom of pickling vegetables in light snow solar terms has a long history, which is mainly popular in northern China, mainly pickling potherb and sauerkraut.

After the light snow, the northern region was frozen, and the traffic between the north and the south was underdeveloped in ancient times, so fresh vegetables could not be eaten. Therefore, it became a custom for every household to pickle pickles for winter after the light snow.

2. eat a gas bar

In the October dynasty, the custom of eating Ciba in the light snow season has a long history. Ciba is a kind of food made by steaming and mashing glutinous rice, which is very popular in some areas in southern China. It originated from the offerings used by ancient farmers to worship the cow god, and gradually evolved into folk food.

3. Dried fish meal

In the light snow season, in addition to the custom of pickles and bacon in the north and south of China, there is also the custom of drying dried fish in Taiwan Province Province. There is a saying in Taiwan Province Province: "October beans are too fat to see their heads", which means that every year around the light snow solar terms, mullet flocks will come to Budai area in Chiayi County, where swordfish and sand fish are attractive and fat, so local people have formed the custom of drying dried fish and storing dry food at this time.

4. Drink soup.

Before and after the light snow, Tujia people started the annual folk activity of "killing pigs to welcome the new year", which added a warm atmosphere to the cold winter. Eating "planing soup" is the custom of Tujia nationality; In the folk activity of "killing pigs to welcome the new year", the delicious food carefully cooked with steaming first-class fresh pork is called "planing soup".

Step 5 brew

In addition to the above customs, Xiaoxue is also a season suitable for brewing fine wine. The cool and cold weather conditions are very suitable for the fermentation process, and the ancients thought that the wine brewed at this time could be better stored and aged.