What does the southern light snow eat in solar terms?

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.

In some places, Ciba is made into large and small circles, symbolizing harvest, celebration and reunion. Some places are also called rice cakes, and this name also represents good luck. People often say: "rice cake, rice cake, long life."

2. 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. Many places have the custom of eating bacon in winter, especially southern cities, which have a special liking for bacon.

Cantonese bacon tastes sweet, and its main ingredients are oil, salt, soy sauce and sugar. Sausages are more common, and the production method is to cut pork into pieces and marinate it, and then put it into casing (usually made of small intestines of pigs, sheep and other livestock) to air dry. Different lengths and bright colors.

3, planing 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 "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".

"Making soup" is a folk custom with a long history in the southwest countryside of China. The so-called "digging soup" means killing the pigs at home during the Chinese New Year. This pig is mainly a grain pig fed by my family, which is for my family to eat during the New Year.