Light Snow 小雪 -- The time when Miao people celebrate the new year

Snow: A good harvest in the following year

Time: Around Nov.22nd

North be like: frozen solid for a while

South be like: rice just harvested

Common Customs: Make snowmen, dig up Chinese cabbages, comb cowhair, eat rice cakes, start making homemade sausages and smoked bacon

The Miao:(New year's meaning:celebrate the harvest of the year and the good business fortune ) Catch the field fish; Have a New Year's Eve meal at long tables; Make an offering to the ancestors, slaughter chickens and ducks, dance to reed pipe music, drink and eat together; wear silver ornaments; the return of Gumas; make ciba