Light snow is the twentieth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the second solar term in winter. The time is165438+1October 22nd or 23rd in the Gregorian calendar every year. The arrival of the light snow solar term means that the weather will get colder and colder and the precipitation will gradually increase.
Heavy snow is 2 1 of the 24 solar terms and the third solar term in winter. The delivery time is February 6-8, 65438 in Gregorian calendar every year. The solar term of heavy snow is the beginning of the second month of the dry calendar, marking the official start of the mid-winter season. Heavy snow is a solar term reflecting climate characteristics. Heavy snow solar terms are characterized by a significant drop in temperature and an increase in precipitation.
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First, the light snow solar terms folk custom
1, bacon
There is a folk custom of "curing in winter and storing it 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.
2. eat a gas bar
Some places in the south also have the 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. There is a saying that "in October, Ciba Shao" refers to sacrificial events.
3. Dried fish meal
During the light snow, fishermen in the south-central coastal area of Taiwan Province Province will start drying dried fish and storing dry food. The mullet group will come to the Taiwan Province Strait around the light snow, including swordfish and sand fish. Taiwan Province Province proverb: October beans are too fat to see the head, which means that you can catch "bean fish" in October of the lunar calendar in the cloth bag area of Chiayi County.
Second, twenty-four solar terms
The spring rain shakes the spring and clears the valley, and the summer is full of mountains and summers.
Autumn dew, autumn frost, little snow in winter and cold in winter.
The two festivals remain unchanged every month, with a maximum difference of one or two days.
The first half of the year is June 2 1 day, and the second half is August 23.