1. Ciba In the south, the customs of Xiaoxue solar term are very colorful. One of them is the very popular custom of eating glutinous rice cake 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.

2. Around the time of Xiaoxue, the Tujia people started the annual folk activity of "killing pigs to welcome the New Year", which added a lively atmosphere to the cold winter.

Eating "Pig Soup" is a custom of the Tujia people; in the folk activity of "Killing the New Year Pig to Welcome the New Year", the delicacy carefully cooked with the best fresh pork that is still hot is called "Pate Soup", which is very popular.

Suitable for healthy consumption in winter.

As soon as the howl of the New Year pig being slaughtered came out, the guests immediately put down their farm work and came one after another.

The male guest helped the butcher skin a fat pig, and the female guest helped with the cooking. For a while, the farmhouse was filled with smoke and joy filled the house.

As soon as the butcher peeled off the New Year pig and put it on the chopping board, the hospitable host ordered the butcher to cut off a piece of meat with a blade of more than 5kg to make "pork for soup".

In the blink of an eye, dishes such as ribs and radish, twice-cooked pork, intestines, liver, tripe and lungs, pork blood, and bright and fragrant "pork in soup" filled the table.

3. There is a folk custom of "pickling cured meat in winter and storing it to survive the winter".

After a light snowfall, the temperature drops sharply and the weather becomes dry, which is a good time to process bacon.

After the Xiaoxue solar term, some farmers began to make sausages and bacon, and stored the excess meat using traditional methods to enjoy the delicacies during the Spring Festival.

Many places have the custom of eating bacon in winter, especially in southern cities, which have a special liking for bacon.