In the south, the customs of light snow solar terms are very colorful, one of which is the very popular custom of eating Ciba in October of the lunar calendar.
Ciba is a kind of food made by steaming and mashing glutinous rice, and it is a popular food in some areas of southern China. In ancient times, Ciba was a traditional festival sacrifice in the south of China, which was originally used by farmers to worship the cow god.
2, planing soup
Before and after the light snow, Tujia people started the annual folk activity of "killing pigs to welcome the new year", which added a warm atmosphere to the cold winter.
Eating "planing soup" is the custom of Tujia nationality; In the folk activity of "Killing the Year Pig to Welcome the New Year", the delicious food cooked with the first-class fresh pork with still hot air is called "planing soup", which is very suitable for health preservation in winter.
On hearing the howl of the pig, the guests immediately put down their farm work and came in succession. The male guest helped the butcher peel a fat pig clean, and the female guest helped the cook. For a time, the farmhouse was filled with smoke and jubilation.
As soon as the butcher peeled off the "clean edge" of the pig and put it on the chopping board, the hospitable host told the butcher to cut off a good piece of meat with a full 5 kg head to make "soup meat" In a blink of an eye, spareribs, radishes, Sichuan-style pork, intestines, liver, stomach, lungs and pig blood are flourishing, and the dishes of "planing soup and meat" are full of tables.
3. Bacon
There is a folk custom of "storing wax in winter to keep out the cold". After a light snow, the temperature plummeted and the weather became dry, which was a good time to process bacon.
After the light snow festival, some farmers began to make sausages and bacon, and stored the surplus meat in the traditional way until the Spring Festival.
Many places have the custom of eating bacon in winter, especially southern cities, which have a special liking for bacon.