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Is the heavy snow a holiday or a gas?

Heavy snow is a solar term.

Heavy snow is the second1solar term among the 24 solar terms, and the third solar term in winter refers to fighting. The sun reaches the longitude of 255 degrees, and the node time is February 6-8 of the Gregorian calendar every year. The solar term of heavy snow is the beginning of the second month of the dry calendar, marking the official start of the mid-winter season. It is a solar term reflecting the climate characteristics, characterized by a significant drop in temperature and an increase in precipitation.

During the heavy snow, the national temperature dropped significantly, and the cold air in the north became more and more active. The solar term of heavy snow is a climate concept, which represents the climate characteristics during the solar term of heavy snow, that is, temperature and precipitation (water vapor condensate such as rain, snow and hail falling from the sky to the ground is called "precipitation" in meteorology). Like the light snow solar term, the heavy snow solar term is a solar term reflecting the changing trend of temperature and precipitation, and it is also a reflection of ancient farming culture on festivals.

rural activity

Agriculture is the foundation of the world, farming refers to farm work, and farming time refers to farming opportunities. Doing farming according to the farming season will get twice the result with half the effort.

Due to the great difference in climate characteristics between the north and the south of China, the main agricultural activities in the north and south are also different accordingly. In winter, the northern region is covered with snow, so it is almost impossible to grow crops. At this time, there is little field management in the northern region, which belongs to the slack season, while crops such as wheat and rape in the southern region are still growing slowly. It is very important to strengthen the field management of flowers in spring.

During the heavy snow season, meteorological disasters such as cooling, blizzard, freezing rain, rime and ice flow often occur. If it is frozen, it is necessary to loosen the soil and increase the fertilizer in time, store water and increase the temperature, strengthen the management in the middle and late stages, and strive to minimize the losses caused by freezing.