What are the customs and activities of heavy snow?

There are some customs and activities, such as storing ice, curing meat, eating caramel, having snowball fights, eating supper and watching the river fishing.

1, ice storage

In ancient times, there were no refrigerators and electric fans. In order to enjoy ice cubes in hot summer, people store a lot of ice cubes during heavy snow, whether official or private. The custom of storing ice has a very long history. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the ice bank in China was quite large. At that time, the ice banks were all built under the surface of the earth, sealed with bricks, stones, pottery pieces and the like, or burned the walls.

2. bacon

As the saying goes, "Before the Chinese New Year, the eaves became fat first". In other words, during the solar term of heavy snow, people began to pickle meat. Pickled meat, sausages, salted fish and other pickles are hung on the doorways and windowsills of many houses, forming a very beautiful scenic line.

Step 3 eat caramel

In northern China, when it snows heavily, people still have the custom of eating caramel. Candy, also known as syrup among the people, is very popular with children. At this time, there will be small vendors selling sweets at the school gate and beside the park, attracting many children, women and the elderly to buy them.

Step 4 have a snowball fight

During the heavy snow, if there is heavy snow, people like to have snowball fights and enjoy the snow scene in the ice and snow, especially children, who are not afraid of the cold and their hands are red with cold.

5, midnight snack

When it snows heavily, the days get shorter and shorter, and the nights get longer and longer. Therefore, people use their leisure time in the evening to set up various manual workshops, such as embroidery, textile, sewing, paper binding and so on. Because it is late to eat supper at night, all kinds of food stalls and snack bars have opened night markets, which are called "supper" and also called midnight snack.

6. Watch rivers and fish.

In the snow season, there is a natural landscape of "thousands of miles frozen, Wan Li snows" in the north, and a charming picture of "snowflakes flying and white" in the south. During the snowy solar term, due to the lower and lower temperature, many rivers gradually freeze, and people can enjoy the scenery of interception on the shore. At the same time, the heavy snow season is also a good time to catch fish.