On the content of Xiaoxue's handwritten newspaper

The origin of light snow solar terms.

"Light Snow" is a festival that reflects weather phenomena. "Xiaoxue" is in the second half of the solar calendar 1 1 and the second half of the lunar calendar in October. There is little snow, and there is no snow on the ground. This is the original meaning of the solar term "light snow". The ancient book "Qunfangpu" says, "Light snow is cold, and it will snow, but it is not even cold on the ground, and the snow is not big." In other words, the "light snow" festival is due to the cold weather. The form of precipitation has changed from rain to snow, but at this time, because the ground is not very cold, the number of snows is small and the amount of snow is not large, it is called light snow.

So light snow indicates the beginning time and degree of snowfall. Light snow, like rain and Grain Rain, is a solar term that directly reflects precipitation.

The custom of light snow solar terms:

1 .bacon.

There is a folk custom of "storing wax in winter 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. hey.

Some places in the south also have the custom of eating grains in October of the lunar calendar. Granular handle is a kind of food cooked and mashed with glutinous rice, which is popular in some areas of southern China. In ancient times, the grain handle was a traditional festival sacrifice in southern China, which was originally used by farmers to worship the cow god. There is a saying that "October, burning Shandong" refers to sacrificial activities.

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.

4. Drink soup.

Drinking soup is one of Xiaoxue's solar terms customs. 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 "plane soup" is a custom of Tujia people: in the folk activities of "killing pigs in the New Year and welcoming the New Year", the delicious food carefully cooked with the best fresh pork is called "plane soup".