1, eat Ciba. In some places in the south, there is also the custom of eating Ciba in October of the lunar calendar. Ciba is a kind of steamed and mashed glutinous rice, which is a popular food in some areas of southern China. In ancient times, Ciba was a traditional festival sacrifice in the south of China, which was originally used by farmers to worship the cow god. There is a saying that "October, Baba" refers to sacrificial events.
2. dried fish. During the light snow, fishermen in the south-central coastal area of Taiwan Province Province will start drying dried fish and storing dry food. The mullet group will come to the Taiwan Province Strait around the light snow, with swordfish and sand fish. Taiwan Province Province proverb: October beans are too fat to see the head, which means that in the cloth bag area of Chiayi County, you can catch "bean fish" in October of the lunar calendar.
3, eat soup, before and after the light snow, Tujia people began the annual "killing pigs to welcome the new year" folk activities, adding a warm atmosphere to the cold winter. Eating "planing soup" is the custom of Tujia nationality; In the folk activity of "Killing the Year Pig to Welcome the New Year", the delicious food carefully cooked with the first-class fresh pork by hot air is called "planing soup".
Xiao Xue introduced.
Light snow is the 20th solar term among the 24 solar terms and the 2nd solar term in winter. The time is Gregorian calendar1October 22 or 23, that is, when the sun reaches 240 degrees of the yellow longitude. Light snow is a solar term reflecting precipitation and temperature, and it is a solar term with high frequency of cold wave and strong cold air activity. The arrival of the light snow solar term means that the weather will get colder and colder and the precipitation will gradually increase.