Cured meat

There is a folk custom of "curing in winter with wind and storing it to protect against winter". After a light snow, the temperature drops sharply and the weather becomes dry, which is a good time to process bacon.

after the light snow festival, some farmers began to cook sausages and bacon, and stored the surplus meat in traditional ways until the Spring Festival.

eat Ciba

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 food made by steaming and mashing glutinous rice, which is a popular food in some areas of southern China.

In ancient times, Ciba was a traditional festival sacrifice in southern China, which was originally used by farmers to offer sacrifices to the cow god. There is a saying that "in October, Ciba Lu Lu Shao" refers to the sacrificial event.

drying dried fish

During the light snow, fishermen at the seaside in south-central Taiwan Province will start drying dried fish and storing dry food. The mullet group will come to Taiwan Province Strait before and after the light snow, and there are swordfish and sand fish.

Taiwan Province proverb: October beans are too fat to see their heads, which means that "bean larvae and fish" can be caught in the cloth bag area of Chiayi County in October of the lunar calendar.

eating soup

before and after the light snow, Tujia people started the annual folk activity of "killing pigs and welcoming the new year", which added a warm atmosphere to the cold winter. Eating "planing soup" is a custom of Tujia nationality; In the folk activities of "Killing the Year Pig and Welcoming the New Year", the delicious food cooked with the first-class fresh pork with still hot air is called "planing soup".

On the occasion of the light snow in the lunar calendar this year, Tujia farmers in Shipai Town, Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture cooked the traditional Tujia food "plane soup" at home with fresh pork that had just been slaughtered, and prepared to entertain relatives and friends.

climatic characteristics

the temperature in the light snow stage is lower than that in the winter stage. When it comes to the light snow solar term, it means that there will be snowfall in North China. Cold air makes the temperature in most parts of northern China gradually reach below ℃.

The average first snow period in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River is basically consistent with the light snow festival. Although it begins to snow, the amount of snow is generally small, and the night freezes and the day turns. If the cold air is strong and the warm and humid airflow is active, it may also snow heavily;

the northern part of the southern region begins to enter winter. "The lotus has no rain cover, and the chrysanthemums still have Ao Shuang branches", which has shown the scene of early winter.