When it comes to Xiaoxue, what did the ancient people eat?

Don't be in a hurry, just listen to me slowly.

1. Folk customs of pickling bacon during the Xiaoxue solar term: There is a folk custom of "pickling bacon in the winter curing wind to store it for winter".

After a light snowfall, the temperature drops sharply and the weather becomes dry, which is a good time to process bacon.

People in Hangzhou, Zhejiang often start to pickle bacon, such as duck in sauce, etc. at this time.

So why do we need to pickle it at this time?

This is very simple. There were no refrigerators in ancient times, and the temperature began to drop after the Xiaoxue solar term. At this time, it is easier to preserve the cured bacon, and it can be used for the Chinese New Year.

Over time, it became a tradition.

2. Taste the glutinous rice cake during the light snow solar term. Folk customs: The glutinous rice cake was thick in ancient times. The glutinous rice cake is a traditional festival offering in some areas in the south. It was first used by farmers to worship the cow god.

The saying "In the October Dynasty, glutinous rice cakes are burned in Lulu" refers to the sacrificial event.

3. Folk customs of eating planed soup and light snow solar term: Planing soup and planing soup is a custom of the Tujia people. In the annual folk activity of "killing the New Year pig and welcoming the New Year", people work together and are full of energy to prepare for the cold winter.

Added to the lively atmosphere.

What the Tujia people call "pork in soup" refers to pigs that have just been slaughtered and whose hair has been removed by boiling water. Although the pigs have been dead for ten years, people want to take advantage of the fact that the pork has not completely cooled down, that is, it has not changed.

Before it is cut into stiff pieces of meat, it is cooked into a variety of delicious fresh meat feasts, which is called "grabbing soup meat".

Some people also say that this is called "eating live meat" or "eating live food". Perhaps this is also the nature of the Tujia people who like to capture fresh prey.