The customary foods Xiaoxue eats include: 1. Salted bacon during the Xiaoxue solar term, "pickled in the winter curing wind to preserve it for the winter."

As soon as light snow arrives, the temperature drops sharply and the weather becomes very dry. It is a good time to process bacon.

Therefore, many farmers began to make sausages and bacon, which would be a delicious meal around the Spring Festival.

2. Eating glutinous rice cakes during 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 and a traditional festival offering in the south. It was first used by farmers to worship the cow god.

3. Before and after eating shaved soup during the Xiaoxue solar term, 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 "shake soup" is a custom of Tujia people.

In the folklore 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 "Pig Soup".

4. Drying Fish During the Light Snow Festival. During the light snow season, fishermen on the coast in central and southern Taiwan will start drying fish and storing dry food.

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.

5. Pickle vegetables and store winter vegetables during the light snow season. During the light snow season, the weather in most places is already relatively cold. You must know that you can have fresh vegetables to eat in spring, summer and autumn. In winter, it is cold and cold, so you cannot grow vegetables, so you have to store them in advance.

, storage-stable vegetables such as potatoes, Chinese cabbage, radishes, onions, etc. have become the main dishes on the winter table.

In addition, people also pickle various pickles for winter consumption.