As part of the custom of the Xiaoxue solar term, in some places in the south, there is also the custom of eating glutinous rice cakes in the tenth month of the lunar calendar.

Ciba is a food made from steamed and pounded glutinous rice. It is a popular delicacy in some areas of southern China. In ancient times, glutinous rice cake was a traditional festival offering in the south. It was first used by farmers to worship the cow god. There is a saying that "in the October Dynasty, glutinous rice cakes are burned in Lulu", which refers to the sacrificial event.

What to eat during the Xiaoxue solar term:

Pickled bacon

There is a folk custom: "winter cured meat is pickled in the wind and stored for winter." After a light snowfall, the temperature drops sharply and the weather becomes dry, which is a good time to process bacon. After the light snow solar term, some farmers began to make sausages and bacon, and stored the excess meat using traditional methods to enjoy the delicious food during the Spring Festival.

What to eat during the Xiaoxue solar term: Eating shaved soup

Eating shaved soup is one of the customs of the Xiaoxue solar term. Before and after the Xiaoxue, the Tujia people started the annual "killing pigs to welcome the New Year" "New Year" folk activities add a warm atmosphere to the cold winter. Eating "shake soup" is a custom of the Tujia people; in the folk activity of "killing the New Year pig and welcoming the New Year", the delicacy carefully cooked with the best fresh pork that is still hot is called "shake soup".

What to eat during light snow: dried fish

Fishermen on the seaside in central and southern Taiwan will start to dry fish and store dry food during light snow. Schools of mullet will come to the Taiwan Strait around the time of light snow, along with swordfish, shark, etc. Taiwanese proverb: October beans are so fat that you can’t even see the head. This refers to the fact that in the Budai area of ??Chiayi County, “bean fish” can be caught in the tenth month of the lunar calendar.