1. Cured bacon

After the light snow solar term, the temperature drops sharply and the weather becomes dry. As the saying goes, "Winter bacon is pickled in the wind and stored to survive the winter." This means that the light snow solar term after the beginning of winter is a good time to process bacon. Therefore, every year at this time, many rural families begin to make bacon and save up for the winter.

2. Eating glutinous rice cake

In the south, there has always been a 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 my country. 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. The saying "In the October Dynasty, glutinous rice cakes are burned in Lulu" refers to the sacrificial event.

3. Dried fish

During the light snow season, fishermen on the coast in central and southern Taiwan will start to dry fish and store dry food, because mullet, swordfish, etc. will come before and after the light snow. to Taiwan. Taiwanese proverb: October beans are so fat that you can't even see the head, which means that you can catch "bean fish" in the tenth month of the lunar calendar.

4. Eating "shaved soup"

Eating "shaved soup" is a custom of the Tujia people. Before and after the light snow, the Tujia people started the annual folk activity of "killing pigs to welcome the New Year". In this folk activity, people use the best fresh pork that is still hot to cook delicacies carefully. It is called "planing soup" and adds a warm atmosphere to the cold winter.

5. Pickle pickles

There is a saying in old Nanjing, "pickle vegetables in light snow, pickle meat in heavy snow", which means that pickles are pickled in light snow, and meat is pickled in heavy snow. . In the past, due to various conditions, fresh vegetables were scarce and expensive in winter. Therefore, rural families were accustomed to pickling vegetables before and after light snowfall, and relied on these pickled foods for meals during the long and cold winter.