Introduction of Light Snow Solar Terms and Light Snow Customs

From the meteorological point of view, when the sun runs to 240 degrees longitude every year, this day is light snow. Generally on June 22 -23 every year, 165438.

"Twenty-four solar terms" said: "In mid-October, it rained and was cold, so it condensed into snow. The words of the villain are not prosperous. " The weather is cold, and the form of precipitation changes from rain to snow, but the amount of snow is not large, so it is called light snow.

2. Climatic characteristics of light snow

The light snow solar term means that there will be snowfall in North China, and the northwest wind in China has become a frequent visitor, and the temperature has gradually dropped below 0℃. However, the earth is not too cold. Although it has begun to snow, the amount of snow is not large, and the night is frozen and the day turns. And the northern part of the southern region began to enter winter. "Lotus has no shelter from the rain, and chrysanthemums still have branches in Ao Shuang" has always been the scene of early winter.

3. Calculation formula of light snow date: [y× d+c]-L.

Interpretation of the formula: Y= two digits after the number of years, D=0.2422, L= leap year, 2 1 century C=22.36, and 20th century =23.08.

For example, 20 18 light snow date = [18× 0.2422+22.36]-[18/4] = 26-4 = 22, 165438+ 10 month.

Exception: 1978 plus 1 day.

4, light snow custom:

(1) Eat soup.

Before and after the light snow, Tujia people started the annual folk activity of "killing pigs to welcome the new year", which added a warm atmosphere to the cold winter. Eating "planing soup" is the custom of Tujia nationality; In the folk activity of "killing pigs to welcome the new year", the delicious food carefully cooked with steaming first-class fresh pork is called "planing soup".

(2) drying the dried fish

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.

(3) Cured meat

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 enjoy food during the Spring Festival.