1. There is a folk custom of "pickling bacon in winter curing style to store it 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.

2. Eating glutinous rice cakes 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.

3. Drying fish When it snows, 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.

4. Eating Shaped Soup Before and after Xiaoxue, the Tujia people have the custom of "killing New Year pigs and eating "planed soup"; the delicacy cooked with high-quality fresh pork that is still hot is called "planed soup". 5

, Pickles There is a saying in old Nanjing, "Pickled vegetables in light snow, pickled meat in heavy snow." In the past, due to limited conditions, fresh vegetables were scarce and expensive in winter, so people were accustomed to pickling vegetables before and after light snow, and they relied on these in winter.

Pickled food goes with rice. Extended information: The meaning of Xiaoxue solar term is different from that of Xiaoxue solar term. Xiaoxue refers to the period when the climate is not cold and the precipitation is not high, while Xiaoxue refers to the fact that there is a small amount of snowfall in the year.

Taking the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River as an example, the solar term with the largest amount of snow is not "light snow" or "heavy snow", nor "little cold" or "big cold", but "beginning of spring".

During the period of "spring rain", the ancients called this solar term "light snow" because "snow" is the product of cold water vapor, which represents coldness and precipitation. The climate of this solar term is not deep and there is not much precipitation, so it is called

"Light Snow". The name "Light Snow" is a metaphor that reflects the climate change of this solar term, with active cold currents and increased precipitation, rather than the small amount of snowfall in this solar term. Light snow is not the same concept as the light snow in the weather forecast.

A solar term that reflects precipitation and temperature. The arrival of this solar term means that the weather will gradually become colder and the precipitation will gradually increase.