4hw.org: 24 solar terms of heavy snow is coming soon. As the third solar term in winter, heavy snow marks the official start of the midwinter season. The weather will become colder, and it also indicates that the snowfall will increase. Do you know the date of heavy snow? What are the customs of heavy snow? Let's have a look at them together!
I. heavy snow time in 2017
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Time of heavy snow in 2017: 06:32:35 on December 7, lunar calendar October 20, 2017
The custom of heavy snow
1. Snow cured meat
One of the customs of the snowy season is bacon. There is a saying in old Nanjing. It's called "light snow pickle, heavy snow Bacon". Chinese eating net reminds us that the origin of snow cured meat is: it is said that there was a monster named 'Nian' in ancient China, with long pointed horns and ferocity. 'Nian' has lived deep in the sea for many years. Every new year's Eve, he would climb up to the shore to hurt people. In order to avoid harm, people stay indoors at the end of each year. Therefore, a lot of food has to be stored before the "new year" comes out. Meat, fish, chicken, duck and other meat products can not be preserved for a long time, so people have come up with a way to marinate and store these meat products. For fresh dishes, people use air drying.
As soon as the blizzard season comes, every family is busy salting 'salty goods'. Stir fry the salt with anise, cinnamon, pepper, sugar, etc. in the pot, then press it with stone, put it in a cool and backlit place, take it out half a month later, put the marinated brine into the pot and boil it with water, leave the froth, put the dried poultry and animal meat in the pot, pour the brine, press on the big stone, take it out ten days later, hang it under the eaves of the sun to dry for the new year.
'Bacon' refers to pickled meat, also known as pickled meat, salted meat and bacon. Pickled meat is a popular food. The water in fresh meat can be analyzed by adding salt into meat, and the meat is partially dehydrated, so it will lead to the loss of some water-soluble vitamins, such as B vitamins, and the loss of inorganic salt and protein to a certain extent. Due to improper storage, fatty tissue can be hydrolyzed, oxidized by unsaturated fatty acids and even rancidity under the influence of air, sunlight and other factors, resulting in the reduction of nutritional value.
However, due to the characteristics of simple processing, low cost and delicious flavor, salted meat can be made into hypertonic by adding salt into meat, so as to inhibit or kill some microorganisms in meat. Meanwhile, hypertonic environment can also reduce the oxygen content in meat products and inhibit the enzyme activity in meat, so as to achieve the goal of food preservation The extended preservation is very popular.
It's better to choose the front leg meat of sausage, cut it into pieces, add salt, sugar, ginger, onion and a little five spice powder according to your own taste, prepare these raw materials and send them to the market for processing. Many people hang the sausages on the bamboo pole to dry after filling them. They can also poke a lot of holes with sewing needles to shorten the drying time of sausages.
2. Eat snow vegetables and boiled soup
Before and after the blizzard solar term, many fresh snow vegetables are gradually on the market. According to the dietotherapy experts, potherb mustard, also known as potherb mustard, is a kind of vegetable with warm nature and sweet taste. Sauerkraut contains more vitamin C, which helps to increase the oxygen content in the brain and plays a role in refreshing the brain. In addition, sauerkraut also contains carotene and a large number of dietary fiber, especially suitable for the elderly and habitual constipation. Compared with the pickled snow vegetables that we are used to eating, we might as well have a bowl of snow vegetable soup in cold weather.
3. Eat turnip balls
Turnip balls made of turnips have been popular in the south of Laocheng for many years. At that time, there were turnip balls made of turnips on the market or on the street. It was a very special and delicious snack. The old city southerners have the habit of eating snacks in the afternoon. They sit around the stall. The stall owner scoops out some balls in the boiling water and sprinkles them with garlic. It's really fragrant and delicious. Now, although there are many kinds of snacks and fast food, the charm of Jinling snacks is still there, and the turnip balls with authentic local flavor will definitely reexplore the intoxicating fragrance.
4. Eating sweet potato porridge
Heavy snow is the 21st solar term of the 24 solar terms. The time is December 7 or 8 in the Gregorian calendar. After the heavy snow, the temperature gradually becomes cold. People pay great attention to keeping warm inside and outside, and put on winter clothes to prevent frostbite. There is a saying among the people in northern Shandong Province that "all you can do is drink red and sticky porridge". It means that you don't come to visit when it's cold. You can only drink warm sweet potato porridge at home. Sweet potato porridge is sweet and delicious. It can strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach. It is also a good diet food.
5. Self made Bacon
There is a saying in old Nanjing. It's called "light snow pickle, heavy snow Bacon". As soon as the blizzard season comes, every family is busy salting 'salty goods'. &Emsp; 'light snow pickle, heavy snow bacon. 'it was cold in the snowy season. In the ancient times when it was not easy to keep fresh, people found that salted meat was not easy to go bad at this time. As soon as the snowy season arrived, every family was busy salting bacon to welcome the new year. Affected by this custom, the price of meat often rises slightly before and after the heavy snow solar term.
6. Viewing the river closure
"Small snow covers the land, big snow covers the river". In the north, there are natural landscapes of "thousands of miles of ice cover, thousands of miles of snow floating". In the south, there are charming pictures of "snow dancing, all over the sky silver". When it comes to the snow festival, the ice in the river is frozen, so people can enjoy skating and playing. Snowman, skating, skiing and snowball rolling are young people's favorite outdoor activities. Remind the public to strengthen self-protection when the blizzard season comes. Due to the cold weather, it is advisable to wear thick down jacket and other winter clothing when going out.
7. Catch black fish to entertain guests
It coincides with the harvest time of groundnut and is also a good time to catch black fish. As the saying goes: from light snow to heavy snow, it means that from the time of light snow, the squid group will slowly enter the Taiwan Strait. Because the weather is getting colder and colder, the squid will flow southward along the water temperature line and gather more and more squid groups. The whole western coast of Taiwan can catch the squid, with a very high output. Cuttlefish is often served as a delicacy to entertain guests.
8. Congee
After the heavy snow, the temperature gradually becomes cold. People pay great attention to keeping warm inside and outside, and put on winter clothes to prevent frostbite. There is a saying among the people in northern Shandong Province that "all you can do is drink red and sticky porridge". It means that you don't come to visit when it's cold. You can only drink warm sweet potato porridge at home.
Congee can nourish the spleen with the stomach, moisten and nourish the lung dryness, which is the best choice for health preservation. Millet porridge has the functions of nourishing yin and blood, and stomach and sleeping. Sweet potato also has the functions of nourishing deficiency, Qi, spleen and stomach, strengthening kidney yin, making people live longer and have fewer diseases.
9. Tanger
'sugar customer, take your load slowly, and rest with a large group. Every time around the solar term of "heavy snow", there will be a scene of "sugar mixing" on the streets of Wenzhou. Caramel workshops all over the country will provide the whole Caramel made to the peddlers who are carrying around the streets, commonly known as "sugar customers".
"Sugar customer" knocks sugar knife and yells for sugar. The children are often attracted, and the parents will use the copper scrap, copper coins and copper plates and other items in the home to exchange caramel with the sugar customers. Because caramel is good for nourishing the body in winter, it has developed into a business operation mode.