What does Xiaoxue eat in the twenty-four solar terms?

In the twenty-four solar terms, "Xiaoxue" eats the following foods: Ciba, sliced soup, bacon, dried fish and pickles.

1, Baba

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 of China, which was originally used by farmers to worship the cow god. There is a saying that "in October, Ciba Shao" refers to sacrificial events.

2, planing 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 the Year Pig to Welcome the New Year", the delicious food cooked with the first-class fresh pork with still hot air is called "planing soup", which is very suitable for health preservation in winter.

3.bacon

After the light snow, the delicious bacon sausage became a popular delicacy on the table. 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.

4. dried fish meal

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.

5. pickles

There is a saying in old Nanjing, "light snow pickles, heavy snow pickles". In the past, limited by conditions, fresh vegetables were scarce and expensive in winter, so people used to pickle vegetables before and after light snow, and they relied on these pickled foods for eating in winter.