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, which is a popular food in some areas of southern China. In ancient times, Ciba was a traditional festival sacrifice in southern China, which was originally used by farmers to offer sacrifices to the cow god. There is a saying that "in October, Ciba Lu Lu Shao" refers to the sacrificial event.

What does the light snow eat in solar terms?

Cured meat

There is a folk custom that "it is preserved in winter and stored to protect against winter". After a light snow, the temperature drops sharply and the weather becomes dry, which is a good time to process bacon. After the light snow festival, some farmers began to make sausages and bacon, and stored the excess meat in traditional ways until the Spring Festival.

What does Xiaoxue eat in solar terms: Eating soup

Eating soup is one of the customs of Xiaoxue solar terms. Before and after Xiaoxue, 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 the 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".

What to eat in light snow: drying dried fish

During light snow, fishermen at the seaside in central and southern 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.