There are many popular sayings about the light snow solar term. For example, the current saying "Shovel cabbage in light snow, spinach in heavy snow" is one of them.

I wonder if you are as curious as me, why does Xiaoxue shovel cabbage?

Is it just because this is cabbage harvest season?

I think we can learn more about it.

Chinese cabbage, a vegetable that we are very familiar with, actually has a long history of cultivation. Cabbage seeds were discovered as early as the Neolithic period in the original village ruins of Banpo, Xi'an.

However, it was not called "cabbage" at that time, but "song".

After a long period of development, by the Tang Dynasty, Chinese cabbage began to be widely cultivated and became a delicious dish.

While we now praise the deliciousness of cabbage, in fact, the ancients had poems to describe it. For example, Han Yu wrote, "The late rice is finely chopped into fat tripe, and the new bamboo shoots taste the tender water chestnuts for the first time." Tang Yanqian said in "Yisha": "

The emperor is humbled by the sage, and he laughs at Zhou Song when he wants to taste it. "Zhou Zai even said, "I'm just afraid that the whistle will urge me to go to the road, and I won't wait until late to taste the sage."

It is a pity not to eat Chinese cabbage in late autumn.

In fact, I have always been curious about why "Cong" is called Chinese cabbage, until I read what Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty said in the "Compendium of Materia Medica": "According to Lu Dian's "Piya": the nature of Cong is late in winter and is common in four seasons, including pine trees.

Cao, hence the name "Chinese cabbage".

Only then did I realize that it had something to do with its appearance.

Having said all that, why does Xiaoxue shovel cabbage?

In fact, it can be summarized as three points. First, after light snow, the cabbage has reached harvest time. At this time, we must prepare for the winter, so we often hear, "Harvest onions in light snow, otherwise they will be empty. Carrots and cabbage

As the saying goes, when crops are harvested, they must be harvested. This is a very natural behavior. Preserve the Chinese cabbage so that you can have fresh cabbage to eat in winter.

Second, cabbage tastes so good, so you have to shovel cabbage. If only vegetables are mature, there are actually many vegetables at this time, such as potatoes, onions, etc., which can be preserved. Why should we only preserve large vegetables?

Chinese cabbage?

Just because it tastes so good.

There has been a popular saying among the people that "a hundred vegetables are not as good as cabbage" and "winter cabbage is as beautiful as bamboo shoots". It is recorded in "Dietotherapeutic Materia Medica": "Water root is good for quenching thirst and is delicious with mutton. In winter, it is used as waterweed and cooked as

Eating it in a soup can eliminate food and relieve coughs. The gourmet Su Shi once said in a poem: "White rice is like a lamb's dolphin, rising from the soil."

Comparing the cheap Chinese cabbage with mutton and bear paws, it can be seen that its delicious taste is extraordinary.

This is also the reason why Xiaoxue shovels cabbage.

Third, the price is low and it is easy to store. No matter how delicious vegetables are, if they cannot be stored for a long time, they will naturally not be loved by everyone.

Chinese cabbage not only tastes good, but is also very cheap and can be stored for a long time, so Xiaoxue naturally wants to shovel cabbage.