At 16:20 on November 22, the instrument of the twenty-fourth solar term turned to the twentieth solar term: light snow.
Xiao, Xue, just pronounced these two words, as if there was a group of refreshing jade butterflies on the face, delicately, gently, gently brushing away the tiredness and boredom of the days...
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Light snow to the beginning of winter
Light snow, the second solar term of winter.
However, light snow in solar terms is not light snow in the weather. Short fence hut, the wind god is gloomy, standing on the position where the twenty-four solar terms are about to end, Xiaoxue is still a woman in autumn clothes, her eyebrows are deep and gentle, she looks particularly simple and clean.
The "Seventy-two Collections of the Moon Order" says: "In the middle of October, the rain falls and the cold is thin, so the condensation is snow. The little ones are not prosperous. The ancient book "Qunfang Spectrum" also says: "The light snow is cold and the snow is not big, and the ground is cold and the snow is not big." It can be seen that light snow means that the form of precipitation has changed from rain to snow, but the amount of snow at this time is not large, so it is called light snow.
The winter night sky is wide, outdoor stargazing, pointed by the handle of the Big Dipper, to the north and west, quite 10 o'clock direction of the clock face. The quadrilateral constellation Pegasus is overhead, and Orion, marked by the stars on winter nights, is already probing in the eastern horizon.
Although snow is rare, frost is frequent. At night, there is no cloud, the ground is like a cover, can not retain the heat, the temperature plummets to the freezing point, and the water vapor near the ground will condense on the streams, bridges, leaves and ridges, forming hexagonal frost flowers, and some become fine ice needles.
"Heavy frost fierce sun", frost only appears on sunny days, even if there is wind. The wind is strong and there is no dew at night, and there is no frost on a cloudy day and night, this is the truth.
The dew on the ground turned to frost, the countryside was silent, the distant village was peaceful, the hours of sunshine were getting shorter and shorter, and in the wind at dusk there seemed to be a long call from the mother - it was cold, go back to the house and add clothes.
At night, the children catch a small hedgehog with dead leaves on its back that is actually only the size of a fist, raise it in a dug cave, and feed it some melons and vegetables every day.
Before and after the light snow, there will be fog in the morning, and the village will be in the fog in the east, half hidden, half exposed.
The winter wheat has emerged, slender and slender, and the fields sprinkled with safflower seeds are also covered with a layer of light green, small leaf buds, covered with crystal frost. This is the new green that grows on the earth after the autumn harvest.
The dead leaves on the ground were swirled by the wind and piled up on the edge of the ridge. The leaves of the persimmon tree are the first to fall, and the few remaining red persimmons hanging high above the branches are particularly dazzling, like small lanterns, and there are no birds to patronize them. Because many birds flew away, and the large army of gray starlings going south probably got up from the northern side.
By this time, the area around Nanjing County and Wuhu in Anhui will be pickled with coriander. Pickled coriander, green and yellow shiny, drizzled with small sesame oil, it tastes tough and crispy, spicy and chewy, especially with porridge for breakfast.
Mustard greens and cabbage are also pickled at this time. The cabbage is pickled in a large jar buried in the ground, spread a layer of vegetables, sprinkle a layer of salt, and stand barefoot on it. Layer by layer, layer by layer in circles, until the mouth of the cylinder, the person jumps out and carries a large stone to weigh it down.
When there is no wind on the sun, there is often a warm sunny spring air, which is not only very comfortable and pleasant, but also very beneficial to the growth of winter crops.
Some fruit trees such as peaches, plums, and apricots even blossom ignorantly, and there are bees that come from nowhere, flying around the flowers...
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Light snow ・ Wait for the first snow
During the light snowfall, cold waves and strong cold air come unexpectedly, and the northern land ushered in cold and freezing days; The large-scale wind in Jiangnan Water Town cooled down, showing a chill of "the lotus is no longer covered by rain, and the chrysanthemum residue still has proud frost branches". No matter whether you are in the north or south at this moment, please don't forget to add more clothes.
For the Yellow River Basin, where the 24 solar terms originated, the light snow solar term is the first snow season. In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the first snow will not come until the season of heavy snowfall.
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Xiaoxue waited for "the rainbow to disappear", at which time the rainbow no longer appeared; In the ancient people's concept, during the light snowfall season, the heavenly qi from the sky rises and the earth qi from the ground falls, and the two gradually drift apart, completely in a "cold war" state; Three seasons are "closed into winter", small snow seals, heavy snow seals rivers. Small snow seals fields, large snow seals ships. So, occlusion into winter.
Light snow pickled winter flavor
As soon as the light snow arrives, people begin to "pickle in the winter wind and save for winter". In the north, Chinese cabbage, radish, potatoes, etc. are stored in the cellar, or pickled pickles, or accumulated as sauerkraut; In the south, sausages, bacon, and dried fish are mostly filled.
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At this time, it is advisable to bask in the sun, exercise more, and soak your feet more to resist the cold and improve immunity. You can eat more meat, fish, milk and walnuts, red dates, laurel balls, black sesame, black beans, black fungus and other warm foods rich in vitamins and iron.
Those who love hot pot, barbecue or fried food can be paired with fruits and vegetables, such as pears, radish, lotus root, cabbage, bitter melon or peanuts, yams, lilies, honey, etc., to relieve their hunger without getting too hot.
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When you pick up a pen, you want to write a little snow,
You can't just write about the snow,
You have to write about the meaning of the bird, write about the flight of birds, write about the withering soul,
You want to write persimmon red frost white, write cypress pine green,
Write Qiongfang broken, write rain and snow,
Write about the elf swinging on the girl's eyelashes,
It is rare to write about the wind, flowers, snow, and moon,
Write about the wine of the green ants, write about the weng of the lonely boat,
Write about the amiable who sits around the hearth unharmed,
It is also necessary to write that the years are suddenly late, and write that thoughts urge people to grow old,
It will not be too cold to write about the winter that is missed,
It won't be too difficult to write that someone blesses,
Then co-wrote, under the fragrance of pine snow, smiled and asked:
Late in the snow, can you drink a cup of nothing?
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Executive producer丨Li Zhe
Editor丨Wang Ruolu Proofreader丨Gao Shaozhuo