Ant: The ancient poem "The world is sprinkled with mica powder" describes the scene of the light snow season.

Mica powder is sprinkled all over the world.

It comes from a seven-character poem "Sudden Cold and Light Snow in Late October" written by Song Dynasty poet Lu Wengui. This poem expresses the feeling of severe cold in winter by describing the scene of sudden cold and light snow in late October.

Light snow is a climate concept, and climate elements include precipitation, temperature, light, etc.

The name "light snow" comes from the fact that "snow" is the product of cold weather. The climate during this solar term is not too cold and the precipitation is not heavy. Therefore, "light snow" is used to describe the climate characteristics of this solar term.

The "light snow" solar term is a solar term that reflects the changing trend of temperature and precipitation. It does not mean that there is a small amount of snow in this solar term. "Light snow" in the solar term is not necessarily related to "light snow" in the weather.

Traditional customs: 1. There is a folk custom of "pickling winter wax in the wind and storing it to survive the winter".

During the light snow season, the temperature drops sharply and the weather becomes dry, which is a good time to process bacon.

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. In some places in the south, there is still the custom of eating glutinous rice cake 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. 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. Before and after the light snow, the 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 "Pig Soup" is a custom of the Tujia people; in the folk 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 "Pate Soup".