1, Baba
In the south, many festivals will eat Ciba in solar terms, and there is a custom of eating Ciba to worship the cow god before and after the light snow. Eating Ciba in the light snow season has the meaning of "light snow sealing land and rewarding cattle". Ciba is made by steaming glutinous rice and mashing it.
2. Beef and mutton
Light snow and solar terms, northerners eat beef and mutton for tonic. Beef is rich in high-quality protein, as well as a lot of fat and iron. Mutton is rich in protein, which is similar to beef, but the fat and cholesterol in mutton are much less than pork and beef.
3, planing soup
This is the custom of Tujia people. It is called "planing soup" that the freshly slaughtered pigs have lost their hair after boiling water, and the fresh meat meal is carefully cooked with the first-class fresh pork with still hot air, which is very suitable for winter consumption. After eating "soup meat", people will marinate, air-dry and smoke the cut meat to make bacon and sausage.
Characteristics of light snow solar terms
Light snow is the 20th solar term among the 24 solar terms, and the 2nd solar term in winter. The time is on the 22nd or 23rd of the Gregorian calendar1month every year, that is, when the sun reaches 240 degrees of the yellow meridian. Light snow is a solar term reflecting precipitation and temperature, and it is a solar term with high frequency of cold wave and strong cold air activity. The arrival of the light snow solar term means that the weather will get colder and colder and the precipitation will increase gradually.
The reason why this solar term is called light snow is because "snow" is the product of cold weather. During this solar term, the climate is not deep and the precipitation is not heavy, so "light snow" is used to compare the climate characteristics during this solar term. "Light snow" is a metaphor, which reflects the active cold current and increasing precipitation during this solar term, not a small amount of snow under this solar term.
During the light snow solar term, a relatively stable meridional circulation has been established in East Asia, and there is often a low pressure or trough in Siberia. When moving eastward, there will be a large-scale cold air heading south, and there will be a large-scale gale and cooling weather in southeastern China.
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