What are the folk customs during the Big Snow solar term? Do you understand?

What are the folk customs during the Big Snow solar term? Do you understand?
Heavy Snow is the third solar term after the Beginning of Winter, marking the official start of mid-winter. The temperature will gradually drop, even below zero degrees, so when the Heavy Snow solar term arrives, the cold will hit people. The season of heavy snow has arrived. Let us go into history and see what folk customs are in line with the season. Want to know more about the days in November of the lunar calendar 2019? Please pay attention to our Shui Mo Xiansheng website’s special topic for November of the lunar calendar!

1. Eat snow vegetable soup


Around the Great Snow season, many fresh snow vegetables gradually come on the market. According to dietotherapy experts, snow vegetables contain more vitamin C, which helps increase the oxygen content in the brain and has the effect of refreshing the mind.
In addition, snow vegetable also contains carotene and a large amount of dietary fiber, which is especially suitable for consumption by the elderly and those with habitual constipation. In addition to the pickled snow vegetables that everyone is used to eating, you might as well have a bowl of snow vegetable soup during the cold weather.

2. Eat radish balls


Radish balls made from radish have been popular in the old south city area for many years.
Although there are now a wide variety of dim sum and fast food, the charm of Jinling snacks remains, and the radish balls with authentic local flavor will surely exude their intoxicating fragrance again.

3. Drink sweet potato porridge


There is a saying among the people in northern Shandong that "when the roller is against the door, people will just drink red sticky porridge", which means that when it is cold, people will no longer visit other people's homes, but just stay at home and drink warm sweet potato porridge.
Sweet potato porridge is sweet and delicious, helps strengthen the spleen and stomach, and is also a good weight loss food.

4. Homemade cured meat


There is a saying in Nanjing, "Light snow pickles vegetables, heavy snow pickles meat." When the Great Snow season arrives, every household is busy making salted food.
The weather is cold during the Daxue solar term. In ancient times, when it was difficult to keep food fresh, people found that pickled meat was less likely to spoil at this time. So when the Daxue solar term arrived, every household was busy pickling bacon to welcome the New Year.

5. Good season for tonic


Heavy snow is a good time for "tonic food", and there is a saying that "tonic food in winter and fight the tiger in spring".
Winter tonic can enhance the body's immune function, promote metabolism, and improve the phenomenon of chills.
It can also regulate the metabolism of substances in the body, so that the energy converted from nutrients can be stored in the body to the maximum extent, which helps to promote the rise of Yang energy in the body.

6. Enjoy the snow and brew tea

Cooking snow and making tea was an extremely elegant activity for ancient literati.
I woke up in the morning, it was snowing heavily. I washed my hands to get the snow, made a fire to boil water, the snow floated in the pot, the jade skin disappeared, the fragrance of tea filled the air, I called my friends and had a very harmonious time.

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