Which solar term is colder, the mild cold or the severe cold in 24 solar terms?

A slight cold means that the weather is already very cold. Like severe cold, mild heat, severe heat and intense heat, it is a solar term indicating temperature change. In most parts of China, the periods of slight cold and severe cold are generally the coldest, so there is a folk proverb: slight cold and severe cold make ice hockey. Slight cold refers to the degree of cold. Literally, the great cold is more terrible than the slight cold, but in meteorological records, the slight cold is often colder than the great cold, which can be said to be the coldest of the 24 solar terms in the whole year. As the saying goes, "the cold is in Sanjiu", and this "Sanjiu" is within the slight cold solar terms. This period of time is called slight cold instead of great cold because solar terms originated in the Yellow River basin. The twenty-four solar terms say, "the cold is still small at the beginning of the month ... but it will be big in half a month." This is just a continuation of the situation at that time.

Today is just a slight cold. It is raining and snowing in most parts of the country. Do you feel cold?