The ground is not cold or even snowy.

It's not even snowy, so it's called light snow because it's not too cold. Although it began to snow, it didn't amount to much.

is from the ancient book Qunfangpu. The light snow is cold and it will snow, but the ground is not even cold and the snow is not heavy. That is to say, due to the cold weather, the form of precipitation changed from rain to snow in the "Xiaoxue" solar term, but at this time, because the ground was not very cold, the number of snows was small and the amount of snow was not large, so it was called Xiaoxue.

light snow is a festival that reflects weather phenomena. There is little snow and no snow on the ground, which is the original meaning of the solar term "light snow" Light snow, like rain and Grain Rain, is a solar term that directly reflects precipitation.

light snow is the 2th of the 24 solar terms. The time is on November 22 or 23 of the Gregorian calendar every year, that is, when the sun reaches 24. "Light snow" is a solar term reflecting the climate characteristics. It represents the climate characteristics during the light snow solar term; The light snow in the weather forecast refers to the snow with less snowfall intensity. Light snow solar term is a solar term with high frequency of cold wave and strong cold air activity.

Light snow solar terms custom:

1. In the northern part of China, during the light snow season, most people want to eat instant-boiled mutton. In the general light snow solar terms, the weather is cold, dark and less light, which is easy to cause or aggravate depression at this time. Warm tonic foods suitable for this season are mutton, beef, chicken, etc. Suitable kidney-nourishing foods are cashew nuts, Euryale ferox, yam, chestnuts, ginkgo, walnuts and so on.

2. There is a folk custom of "preserving wax in winter and preserving it for winter". After a light snow, the temperature drops sharply and the weather becomes dry, which is a good time to process bacon. After the light snow festival, some farmers began to make sausages and bacon, and just enjoyed the food during the Spring Festival.

3. In some places in the south, there is also the custom of eating Ciba in October of the lunar calendar. In ancient times, Ciba was a traditional festival sacrifice in southern China, which was originally used by farmers to offer sacrifices to the cow god. There is a saying that "in October, Ciba Lu Lu Shao" refers to the sacrificial event.

4. Around the light snow, Tujia people started the annual folk activity of "Killing the Year Pig and Welcoming the New Year", which added a warm atmosphere to the cold winter. Eating "planing soup" is the custom of Tujia nationality; In the folk activities of "Killing the Year Pig and Welcoming the New Year", the delicious food carefully cooked with the first-class fresh pork with hot air is called "planing soup".