Before and after light snow, as the weather gets colder, people's diet is also changing. Some areas pay attention to eating mutton, which is intended to nourish and maintain health.

During this period, bacon was cured in the south.

In addition, glutinous rice cakes, dried fish, etc. are also delicacies of Xiaoxue solar term.

1. Mutton "supplies nourishment in winter and kills tigers in spring." Folks believe that eating more mutton in the cold season can dispel the cold, nourish qi, and replenish qi. Therefore, in some areas in the north, it is popular to eat boiled mutton and drink mutton soup during the light snow season to nourish and ward off the cold.

2. Around the time of Tang Xiaoxue, it is the most lively period for the Tujia people. They will start the annual folk activity of "killing the New Year pig and welcoming the New Year".

After the pig is slaughtered, people cook the pork, pig blood, and pig offal that are still hot to make a unique local "shake soup", and then the whole family eats it together.

Local people believe that in the cold winter, a bowl of "shake soup" can dispel the cold and is the most delicious nourishing food in winter.

3. Ciba In some areas in the south, there is a custom of eating glutinous rice cake before and after light snowfall.

This is a kind of food made from steamed and pounded glutinous rice. In some places, the glutinous rice cake is made into a round shape to symbolize celebration and reunion.

Some regions have different names for glutinous rice cake. For example, Zhejiang calls it rice cake, which means "rice cake, rice cake, good harvest and long life".

4. Bacon is "pickled in the winter curing wind and stored to survive the winter." In many places in our country, there is a custom of eating bacon in winter, especially people in southern cities, who have a special liking for bacon.

Before and after the light snow, the temperature gradually drops and the weather becomes dry and cold. It is a good time to process bacon. In the past, many people in the south had to make sausages, bacon and other foods by themselves to prepare bacon foods throughout the winter.

However, now people can also choose to buy from supermarkets.

5. Dried fish During the light snow, fishermen in coastal cities such as Dalian and Qingdao start the annual dried fish activity to store food for the winter. Some fishermen will dry about 1,000 kilograms at a time for sale.