What are the customs and activities of Xiaoxue? 1. Cured meat

"Cured in winter and preserved in winter". As soon as the light snow arrived, the temperature dropped sharply and the weather became very dry, which was a good time to process bacon. Therefore, many farmers began to make sausages and bacon, and it was just a delicious meal before and after the Spring Festival.

2. Eating 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. It is a popular food in some areas of southern China, and it is also a traditional festival sacrifice in southern areas. At the earliest, farmers used it to worship the cow god.

3. Eating Planted 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 carefully cooked with the first-class fresh pork with hot air is called "planing soup".

4. Dried fish

During the light snow, fishermen on the seashore 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 in the cloth bag area of Chiayi County, you can catch "bean fish" in October of the lunar calendar.

5. Pickling vegetables and storing winter vegetables

In the light snow season, the weather in most places is already cold. You should know that fresh vegetables can be eaten in spring, summer and autumn, and it is cold in winter, so you can't grow vegetables, so you have to store them in advance, such as potatoes, Chinese cabbage, radishes, onions and other storable vegetables, which become the main dishes on the winter table. In addition, people will pickle all kinds of pickles for winter consumption.

6. Handicraft

In the countryside, due to the weather, large-scale farming activities outside have ended. People will do some simple manual labor in the house, such as bamboo weaving, textile and so on.

7. Collecting snow water

In some places, if it snows during the light snow festival, snow water will be collected and put in a porcelain, and it is thought that snow water can treat fire sores and heat toxicity. Of course, this is just a folk legend.

Farming activities in the light snow solar term 1. The middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River

During the light snow solar term, the lowest temperature in all parts of the north is below zero, so it is necessary to do a good job of keeping livestock warm and cold. The northern part of China in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River is in the first snow period. In the period of less precipitation, the arrival of light snow is of great significance.

Hebei: "There is light snow all over the sky, and the coming year will be rich." This is the praise of farmers' friends for the snow during the light snow festival. At this time, the snow water can resist drought and cold.

Shandong: "Light snow gathers onions, otherwise it will be empty. Radish and cabbage are collected in the cellar. Winter irrigation of wheat can keep moisture and prevent freezing. Planting trees and collecting tree species. Transform waterlogged depressions and control water and ridges. Supporting water conservancy, repairing canals and drilling wells. "

Henan: "Light snow in beginning of winter, hurry up with winter ploughing. Combined with repeated sowing, increase the harvest. The land turns deep and thickens the soil layer. Press sand to change soil and freeze pests to death. "

2. The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River

During the light snow, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River began to enter winter, and the first frost was visible in some areas. But the first snow comes late, usually in the middle and late December. The field management of wheat and rape began in this area during the light snow solar term, and began to accumulate fertilizer.

Jiangsu: "The wheat in beginning of winter is late, and the light snow is fattening."

Shanghai and Zhejiang: "The light snow in beginning of winter is cold in the north wind, and the cotton, grain and oil are almost finished. Rape planting wheat continues to be sown, and there is no delay in storing enough feed. "

3. South China

Fujian and Guangdong: There are still crops in the fields during the light snow, and there are proverbs to check. There is a saying in Fujian that "light snow spots green rice", and green rice refers to late rice. In Guangdong, there are: "light snow is full of red fields" and heavy snow is full of empty fields ".The so-called red here does not mean red color, but refers to more farm work. At this time, late rice is harvested and wheat is sown.