"Tonifying in winter, killing tigers in spring", heavy snow reminds people to start tonic. Old Nanjing loves to eat mutton in heavy snow, and it can be mixed with yam and medlar in winter, which is more nutritious. As for the northern nationalities, it is quite cold at this time. For example, there is a saying in Baotou that "light snow kills pigs and heavy snow kills sheep". When the snow season comes, it is the time to kill pigs and prepare for the new year's goods.
After the heavy snow, the temperature gradually became cold. People paid great attention to keeping warm indoors and outdoors, and put on winter clothes to prevent freezing and frostbite. There is a saying among the people in northern Shandong that "when the door is blocked, people only drink red sticky porridge", which means that it's cold and no longer visits, but only drinks warm sweet potato porridge at home.
The characteristics of the heavy snow solar term The climate characteristics of the heavy snow solar term are: the temperature will drop significantly and the weather will be cold. After entering the solar term of heavy snow, the lowest temperature in most parts of China has dropped to 0℃ or below. Often in areas where cold and warm air meet at the front of strong cold air, there will be heavy snow and even blizzard. It can be seen that the solar term of heavy snow indicates the starting time and the degree of heavy snow during this period, and it is a solar term that directly reflects precipitation, just like the solar terms of light snow, rain and Grain Rain.
Heavy snow solar terms are affected by cold air, and heavy snowfall often occurs, causing snow on the ground. As the saying goes, "Ruixue bodes well for a bumper year". Snow covers the earth, which can freeze pests to death and create a good wintering environment for wintering crops.