The foods "Xiaoxue" eats during the twenty-four solar terms include: glutinous rice cakes, shaved soup, bacon, dried fish, and pickled vegetables.

1. Ciba 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.

2. Around the time of Xiaoxue, 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 "Paddle Soup" is a custom of the Tujia people; in the folk activity of "Killing the New Year Pig to Welcome the New Year", the delicious food carefully cooked with the best fresh pork that is still hot is called "Paddle Soup", which is very popular.

Suitable for healthy consumption in winter.

3. After the bacon snow, the fragrant bacon sausage has become a popular delicacy on the table.

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

After a light snowfall, the temperature drops sharply and the weather becomes dry, which is a good time to process bacon.

4. Dried 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.

5. Pickled vegetables 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. Therefore, people were accustomed to pickling vegetables before and after light snowfall, and relying on these pickled foods for meals in winter.