in winter, the temperature is low, and the cold environment leads to poor blood circulation, which is not only easy to cause the recurrence of old diseases, but also causes new diseases. Today is one of the 24 solar terms, so what traditional food does Xiaoxue solar term eat? What food do southerners like to eat? Come and have a look.
There is a folk custom of 'salting in the winter and keeping it for the winter'. After light snow, the temperature drops sharply and the weather becomes dry. It's a good time to process bacon.
After the blizzard Festival, some farmers began to make sausages and bacon. They stored the surplus meat in the traditional way and enjoyed the delicious food at the Spring Festival.
Eat glutinous rice cake
In some places in the south, there is also the custom of eating Ciba in October of the lunar calendar. Ciba is a kind of food made by steaming and mashing glutinous rice, which is popular in some areas of South China.
In ancient times, Ciba was a traditional festival sacrifice in southern China, which was first used by farmers to sacrifice cattle gods. There is a saying that "in the October Dynasty, Ciba, Lulu and Shao" refers to the event of sacrifice.
Sun dried fish
When it snows, fishermen in South Central Taiwan begin to dry and store dry food. The squid group will come to the Taiwan Strait before and after the light snow, and there are swordfish, sand fish, etc.
Taiwan proverb: October beans, fat to the head, refers to the cloth bag area in Jiayi County, to the lunar October can be caught 'bean fish'.
Eat soup
Before and after the light snow, Tujia people began their annual folk activities of "killing pigs and greeting the new year", adding a warm atmosphere to the cold winter. Eating 'Goutang' is the custom of Tujia people. In the folk activities of 'killing New Year's pigs and greeting the new year', the delicacies made of the best fresh pork with heat are called 'Goutang'.
On the occasion of the light snow of the lunar calendar this year, Tujia farmers in Shipai town, Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture use fresh pork just killed to cook Tujia traditional food "Goutang" at home, ready to entertain relatives and friends.
The custom of snow festival in the North:
In the past, after the snow festival in most parts of the north, furnaces were built to warm the Kang. In some areas, the Kang was not built. Only in cold days can a fire basin be built to keep warm. As the saying goes, 'snow covers the land, snow covers the river'. There is not much agricultural work in the field of light snow festival, so people will repair farm tools, do well in the work of keeping livestock warm and warm to prepare for the spring next year. Some of them continue to pour frozen water on wheat and do a good job of overwintering. People also hope to get off the snow at this time, because there is snow covering the wheat field to save the trouble of people pouring frozen water. The Proverbs' wheat cover is three layers, sleeping with steamed bread next year ',' light snow is all over the sky, and next year will be a good year ', etc. show the eager hope of snow nourishing and protecting wheat and freezing pests after the snow festival.
After the snow festival in northern China, the fruit farmers began to prune the branches of the fruit trees, and wrapped the stems with straw to prevent the fruit trees from freezing. And the winter vegetables are mostly stored in the soil method, or in the cellar, or buried in the soil for the convenience of eating. As the saying goes, 'snow shovels cabbage, snow shovels spinach'. When the cabbage is buried in the ditch and stored in the soil, stop watering about ten days before harvest, do a good job in antifreeze, so as to facilitate storage and harvest in sunny days as much as possible. After harvest, the roots of cabbage should be dried in the sun for 3-4 days, and then stored after the outer leaves of cabbage become soft. The depth of the ditch shall be subject to the height of cabbage. When the cabbage is stored, the roots shall be all downward, side by side in turn. When the weather is cold, the cabbage leaves and corn stalks shall be covered to prevent freezing. When the semi mature cabbage is stored, part of the water is put in the ditch, while the soil is put at the same time. The depth of the soil is suitable to bury the root, and it will grow mature when it is eaten.
Snow custom in the South:
Small snow solar terms in large areas of South China began to prepare warm clothes, hand ovens, Tangpo and so on, and cotton curtains were hung in the room to prevent cold. The first is to build water conservancy, clear ditches and drainage, dredge water channels, and prepare for the growth of rice in the next year. At the same time, turn over the land and eliminate the winter pests hidden in the land by cooling. After the light snow, every family began to marinate and air dry various vegetables, including cabbage, radish, chicken, duck, fish, etc. to extend the storage time of vegetables and meat, so as to prepare for winter consumption. Some people also cook glutinous rice for storage. Nowadays, salted and windy food in winter has become a delicacy on the food shelves of shopping malls and supermarkets. In fact, every family used to make it.