Heavy snow solar term customs and activities. Heavy snow is the 21st solar term among the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar, and it is also the third solar term in winter. So do you know what are the customs and activities of the heavy snow solar term? Follow me below

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Custom activities during the heavy snow festival 1 Ice sculptures in Northeast China During the heavy snow festival, ice sculptures in Northeast China have become a beautiful scenery. Smart Harbin people make full use of local resources to present ice sculptures as an art to everyone. At the same time, they also hold an ice and snow festival to attract people from all over the world.

Tourists from all over come to watch it, which has become a major feature of Harbin.

In addition to being held locally, ice sculpture exhibitions are also held in other countries, and are loved and welcomed by local people wherever they go.

Northern skating Skating is ice skating, which is one of the winter games and was called ice opera in ancient times.

In the north it is severely cold and the rivers are frozen solid, so skating is the most popular.

Men and women often wear skates, push their feet on the ice, use sticks as if they are using fences, and their movements are as light as flying.

Most people who are good at skating do not need a stick, and those with superb skills can do all kinds of tricks.

In some places, water is poured into icebergs, which are three to four feet high and crystal smooth. People wear leather belts and leather shoes and stand upright from the top of the mountain. The one who reaches the ground without falling down is the winner. This game is called slippery tart.

The Miter Festival is a traditional festival of the Ewenki and Oroqen people during the heavy snow season. It is popular among the Chenbarhu tribe in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

"Miter" is the phonetic literal translation of Oroqen.

It is held every year on the 10th day of the 11th lunar month. Local people believe that this day is the turning point of climate cooling, so they celebrate this day to express their importance.

They live in the Greater Khingan Mountains, where winters are very cold and grazing and hunting are extremely difficult, so they must make all preparations for overwintering.

On this day, people who have flocks of sheep should return their breeding sheep to their flocks, sell some large livestock, and slaughter the cattle and sheep that will be eaten in winter and spring and store them to ensure that there is enough frozen meat and grain for winter.

Folk "Night Work" Due to heavy snow, the days are short and the nights are long. Therefore, in ancient times, various handicraft workshops and household craftsmen started working at night, commonly known as "night work".

The handmade textile industry, embroidery industry, and dyeing workshops have to eat night meals late at night, so there are "night cooking" and "Ye Xiao".

In order to meet this demand, various food stalls also opened night markets, which did not end until the fifth watch, and the business was booming.

Farming customs in the north and south There is little field management in the north. If the snow does not fall in time, people occasionally pour frozen water once or twice when the weather gets slightly warmer to improve the ability of wheat to survive the winter.

Or repair poultry houses, livestock pen walls, etc. to help poultry and livestock survive the winter safely.

As the saying goes, "It's a drought year when there's heavy snow, so don't waste time building ponds and building warehouses."

At this time, work such as building waterways, accumulating manure, building warehouses, and warehousing grains in winter should be stepped up.

The women gathered in small groups to do needlework.

Craftsmen focus their main efforts on crafts, such as printing New Year pictures, grinding tofu, weaving baskets, basket weaving, etc. to earn money to support their families.

The southern region is still strengthening field management of wheat, rapeseed and other crops, hoeing and loosening the soil, increasing temperature and moisture, clearing ditches and drainage, applying wax fertilizer, and doing a good job in preventing frost and cold of the crops.

Fruit farmers prune fruit trees and strengthen overwintering management of fruit trees.

The southern region has also begun to pay attention to the winter warmth of livestock.

The origin of the "Daxue" solar term "Daxue" is the last solar term before the winter solstice, usually on December 7th every year (it also falls on the 6th or 8th in some years).

When the sun's ecliptic longitude reaches 255 degrees, it is "heavy snow", one of the twenty-four solar terms.

The ancients once said: "The big one is prosperous, and the snow is prosperous at this point."

During this period, snow often falls heavily and over a wide area, hence the name heavy snow.

"The Collection of the Seventy-Two Hours of the Moon Order" says: "The snow is now in full swing." In ancient times, heavy snowfall was divided into three periods: "The first period is when cuckoos and gulls do not cry; the second period is when tigers begin to cross; the third period is when litchi trees stand out."

It is said that the weather is cold at this time, and the cold trumpeting birds no longer cry; because this is the period when the Yin energy is at its peak, as the saying goes, it peaks and then declines, and the Yang energy has sprouted, so the tiger begins to engage in courtship behavior; "Li

"Ting" is a kind of orchid. It also feels the sprouting of Yang Qi and sprouts new leaves.

Every year on December 7 or 8, when the sun's ecliptic longitude reaches 255 degrees, it is one of the 24 solar terms called "heavy snow".

Heavy snow, as the name suggests, means heavy snowfall.

The ancients said: "The big one is prosperous, and the snow is prosperous at this point."

During this period, the snow often falls heavily and covers a wide area, hence the name heavy snow.

At this time, the minimum temperature in most areas of our country has dropped to 0°C or below.

Often in areas where warm and cold air meet at the front of strong cold air, heavy snowfall or even blizzards will occur.

It can be seen that the heavy snow solar term refers to the starting time and snow amount of heavy snow during this period. It is the same solar term as light snow, rain, Guyu and other solar terms, which directly reflects precipitation.

In ancient my country, heavy snowfall was divided into three periods: "The first period is when cuckoos and gulls do not cry; the second period is when tigers begin to cross; the third period is when lychee trees emerge.