Custom foods during the Snowy solar term include: sweet potato porridge, sweet potato porridge, and mutton.

1. Duitang'er "Tang'er customers, take your time, and follow a large group of people." Whenever there is a "heavy snow" solar term, there will be a scene of "duitang'er" on the streets of Wenzhou.

Caramel workshops in various places provide the full-size caramel made to small vendors who specialize in carrying burdens and walk around the streets, commonly known as "candy customers".

2. Sweet Potato Porridge After the heavy snow, the temperature gradually became colder. People paid great attention to keeping warm inside and outside the house, and put on winter clothes to prevent cold and frostbite.

There is a saying among the people in Northern Shandong that "Lukqi is at home and only drinks red sticky porridge", which means that when the weather is cold, he no longer visits the house and only drinks warm sweet potato porridge at home to survive.

3. Mutton For the northern people, it is already quite cold at this time. For example, there is a proverb in the Baotou area that says, "Light snow kills pigs, heavy snow kills sheep." When the heavy snow season comes, it is the time to kill pigs to prepare for the New Year.

At this time, no matter whose family slaughters the livestock, relatives and friends will come to help, and the host will prepare food, wine, and side dishes for the banquet.

The meteorological change "heavy snow" is a solar term that reflects climate characteristics. The characteristics of the heavy snow solar term are that the temperature drops significantly and the precipitation is more than in autumn and early winter.

During the heavy snow season, most parts of China have entered a cold winter, and the lowest temperature in some northern areas has dropped to 0°C or below.

In areas where warm and cold air meet at the front of strong cold air, precipitation (rain or snow) increases.

Meteorologically, water vapor condensation such as rain, snow, hail, etc. that falls from the sky to the ground is called "precipitation."

The amount of snow during the heavy snow season is not the largest, and the reason is similar to "light snow is heavier than heavy snow".

That is, late February of the Gregorian calendar has passed the coldest period of the year. In the early spring weather, the warm air in the south becomes active and the water vapor becomes abundant. At this time, the cold air in the north is still strong and confronts each other. The warm air flows behind the denser cold air.

Strong and prolonged rises may lead to heavy snowfall.