When is the Big Snow solar term in 2018? What customs and activities are there during the Big Snow?

When is the Big Snow solar term in 2018? What customs and activities are there during the Big Snow?
Introduction: The Big Snow solar term is one of the 24 solar terms, and different solar terms represent different climate changes. So when is the Big Snow solar term in 2018? What customs and activities are there during the Big Snow solar term? Every day has good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious days. If you want to know more about the auspicious and inauspicious days in November of the lunar calendar 2018, please pay attention to the relevant articles about November of the lunar calendar 2018 compiled by Shuimoxiansheng.com!

When is the Big Snow solar term in 2018?

Dates of heavy snow in 2018:
Friday, December 7, 2018 (the first day of the winter month in the Year of the Dog, 7 days before the big snow in 2018)
"Daxue" is the 21st solar term in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar and the third solar term in winter, marking the official beginning of mid-winter. At that time, the sun reaches 255 degrees of ecliptic longitude. "Collected Explanations of the 72 Seasonal Changes" says: "Heavy snow happens in November, when the snow gets heavy." Heavy snow means that the weather is colder and the possibility of snowfall is greater than when it is light snow, but it does not mean that the amount of snowfall must be heavy.
What customs and activities are there during heavy snow?
Customs and activities during the Great Snow: Pickling meat during the Great Snow <br /> There is a saying in old Nanjing, "Pickle vegetables during the Lesser Snow, pickle meat during the Great Snow." One of the customs during the Great Snow is pickling meat. As the saying goes, "Before the New Year comes, the roofs are already fattened." This means that during the Big Snow season, you will find that many residents have pickled meats, sausages, etc. hanging on their doors and windowsills, forming a beautiful landscape.
Snowy customs: Drinking sweet potato porridge <br /> People in northern Shandong have a saying that "when the door is blocked by a roller, just drink the sticky sweet potato porridge", which means that when it is cold, people will stop visiting other people and just stay at home and drink the warm sweet potato porridge. "Compendium of Materia Medica" states: "Sweet potatoes can replenish deficiency, increase energy, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and strengthen kidney yin." Sweet potatoes contain lysine, which is lacking in rice and flour. Lysine can promote the maturation of human epithelial cells and the combination of anti-cancer factors with proteins in cells, which can improve the body's resistance. Eating sweet potatoes in autumn and winter can also prevent dryness, but you can't eat too much.
Heavy snow customs and activities: Ice skating <br /> Ice skating is one of the winter games, which was called ice play in ancient times. The north is extremely cold and the rivers are frozen solid. In some places, water is pumped to form icebergs, which are three or four feet high and crystal clear. People tie belts and wear leather shoes and stand down from the top of the mountain. The one who reaches the ground without falling is the winner. This game is called "slippery tart".
Snowy customs and activities: Enjoying and playing with snow <br /> During the heavy snow season, people from all over the country enjoy the snowy scenery in the ice and snow. Volume 3 of Zhou Mi's Wulin Jiushi in the Southern Song Dynasty describes the royal family and nobles in Hangzhou making snowmen and snow mountains on a snowy day: "The palace people admired the snow, mostly in Mingyuan Tower. Snow lions of different sizes were brought into the back garden, decorated with golden bells and colorful threads, and made into snowflakes, snow lanterns, snow mountains, and other things, and butterflies were used to make flowers and other things, and served in golden basins for people to enjoy."
Snowy customs and activities: Watching the closed river
“Light snow covers the land, heavy snow covers the rivers”. In the north, there is the natural landscape of “thousands of miles of ice and tens of thousands of miles of snow drifting”, and in the south, there is also the charming picture of “snowflakes flying and the sky full of silver”. During the Big Snow season, the ice in the river freezes and people can enjoy skating and playing.
Heavy snow customs and activities: catching mullet <br /> In Taiwan, heavy snow season is also a good time to catch mullet. The saying "Light snow comes in small amounts, heavy snow comes in big amounts" means that from the light snow season, schools of mullet slowly enter the Taiwan Strait. When heavy snow season comes, as the weather gets colder, mullet flow back southward along the water temperature line, and more and more mullet gather together. Mullet can be caught along the entire western coast of Taiwan, with a very high yield, and is often used as a top-notch delicacy to entertain guests.
Snowy customs and activities: Taking tonic food during the snowy season<br /> When the snowy season comes, it is a good time to take tonic food, but don’t just take nutritious food blindly. You should eat different foods according to the region and weather. In places in the south of the Yangtze River where the weather is not too cold, duck and fish are suitable for warming the body; in the north where the climate is cold, mutton and beef can be used to replenish the body's vitality and increase the ability to resist the cold. If the weather continues to be dry, you should also add sweet foods such as rock sugar and lily to your nourishing diet to act as a "fire extinguisher" and prevent your body from getting inflamed. Around the Big Snow solar term, citrus fruits are available in large quantities. Eating some of them can prevent and treat rhinitis, and eliminate phlegm and relieve cough.

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