When is the heavy snow today? -The date of heavy snow in 2022?
Heavy snow is 2 1 of the 24 solar terms and the third solar term in winter. When the sun reaches the longitude of 255 degrees, the node time is 65438+February 6-8 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.
The origin of heavy snow solar terms
Every year around 65438+February 7 in Gregorian calendar, when the sun reaches 255 degrees of the Yellow Meridian, it is a "heavy snow" solar term. Yuan Wucheng's book "Twenty-four Solar Terms" said: "At this point, the snow is abundant." The heavy snow in the project means that the weather is colder, and the possibility of snowfall is greater than that during the light snow solar term, which does not mean that the snowfall must be very large. Like the solar terms of light snow, rain and Grain Rain, the solar terms of heavy snow directly reflect the solar terms of precipitation. The twenty-four solar terms are the product of agricultural civilization, and the main climatic factors affecting agricultural production are precipitation, temperature and light. Like the light snow solar term, the heavy snow solar term is a solar term reflecting the changing trend of temperature and precipitation, and it is also a reflection of agricultural culture in festivals.
Weather characteristics of heavy snow solar terms
When the whole winter comes, many people will feel very cold. In fact, the temperature has dropped, and it will snow at any time. Pay attention to keep warm. You can eat some hot food to keep warm.
The average temperature in most parts of the north 1 and 65438+February is between _ 5℃ and _ 20℃, and frost sometimes occurs after strong cold air in the south.
2. After entering the solar term of heavy snow, the minimum temperature in most parts of China has dropped to 0℃ or below. Heavy snow often falls in areas where cold and warm air meet at the front of strong cold air.
The climate in the south is mild in winter, and there will be less rain and snow. The average temperature is about two to four degrees above zero, and the rainfall accounts for about five percent of the whole year, with only occasional snowfall.
4. There are light rains in parts of southwestern Shaanxi, western Jianghan, northeastern southwest, southeastern Fujian, southern coastal areas of South China and Taiwan Province Island, and moderate rains in southwestern coastal areas of Guangdong and central and northern Hainan Island.
Traditional customs of solar terms in heavy snow
Bacon, snowball fights, snow scenery appreciation and tonic are all folk customs of heavy snow and solar terms. There is a saying in old Nanjing called "light snow pickles, heavy snow pickles". At this time, pickled meat, sausages, salted fish and other pickled products will be hung on the door and window sill of every household, forming a beautiful scenery. If it coincides with heavy snow, people will be keen to have snowball fights and enjoy the snow scene in the ice and snow.
Heavy snow cured meat
There is a saying in old Nanjing called "light snow pickles, heavy snow pickles". Every household is busy pickling "salty goods" as soon as the solar term of heavy snow arrives. Add star anise, cinnamon, pepper, sugar, etc. Go to the big salt and fry in the pot. After the fried salt and pepper are completely cooled, they are coated on the inside and outside of fish, meat and poultry, and rubbed repeatedly until the color of the meat turns from fresh to dark and the surface oozes liquid. Then put the meat with the remaining salt in the jar, press it with stones, put it in a cool and backlit place, take it out after half a month, add water to the pot to boil the marinade, and skim off the grease.
The heavy snow closed the river.
"Light snow seals the land and heavy snow seals the river". In the north, there is a natural landscape of "thousands of miles frozen, Wan Li snowing". In the south, there is also a charming picture of "snowflakes dancing and white clothes wrapped". In the solar term of heavy snow, the ice in the river freezes, and people can skate and play as much as they like.