1. Eating glutinous rice cakes

In some places in the south, there is a custom of eating glutinous rice cakes during the Xiaoxue solar term. 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 "In the October Dynasty, glutinous rice cakes are burned in Lulu", which refers to the sacrificial event. "Lu Lu Shao" is a very vivid Hakka language. "Lu" means rolling like a wheel, which means rolling up the glutinous rice dough with chopsticks, rolling it back and forth, up, down, left, and right like a wheel, and sticking it with sesame and peanut sugar; "It's steaming hot. Eating glutinous rice cakes must first be hot, secondly, play with them, and thirdly, fight (comparison), which is the most fun thing about farming.

2. Pickled bacon

There is a folk custom of "pickling bacon in winter 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. After the Xiaoxue solar term, some farmers began to make sausages and bacon, and stored the excess meat using traditional methods to enjoy the delicacies during the Spring Festival. Many places have the custom of eating bacon in winter, especially in southern cities, which have a special liking for bacon.

3. Drying fish

During light snow, 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. Eating shaved soup

Before and after the light snow, the Tujia people begin the annual folk activity of "killing pigs and welcoming the new year", which adds 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 delicious food carefully cooked with the best fresh pork that is still hot is called "Pate Soup".