Folk customs in light snow season

In the light snow season, folk customs include "curing with wax in winter and storing it for the winter", eating Ciba and drinking soup.

1, "Winter wax and wind conservation, cold storage"

There is a folk custom of "storing wax in winter to keep out the cold". In the light snow season, the temperature drops suddenly and the weather becomes dry, which is a good time to process bacon. Some farmers began to make sausages and bacon, and stored the remaining meat in the traditional way until the Spring Festival. Many places have the custom of eating bacon in winter, especially southern cities, which have a special liking for bacon. Guangzhou people like to make bacon radish cake with bacon, cook taro with bacon and stir-fry honey beans with sausage.

2. eat a gas bar

Some places in the south also have 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 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.

3. 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".

Meteorological changes in light snow season;

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. Light snow solar terms indicate that a relatively stable meridional circulation has been established in East Asia. When the Siberian depression or trough moves eastward, there will be a wide range of cold air going south, which will bring a wide range of windy and cool weather. Light snow solar term is a climate concept, which reflects the temperature and precipitation. The "light snow" in the weather forecast refers to the snow with less snowfall intensity.

Meteorology, the horizontal visible distance is equal to or greater than 1000 meters, the ground snow depth is less than 3 cm, and the snowfall in 24 hours is between 0. 1 ~ 2.4 mm, which is called "light snow". Light snow solar terms do not necessarily snow. In fact, the solar terms with the largest snowfall in the whole year are not in light snow and heavy snow. For example, the solar term with the largest annual snowfall in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and its vicinity is neither "light snow and heavy snow" nor "slight cold and severe cold", but a "rainy" solar term in spring.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xiaoxue