What does light snow mean?

Light snow represents the meaning of precipitation and temperature change, which can reflect that after the arrival of light snow solar terms, the temperature around us will drop sharply and the precipitation will increase continuously, which is the beginning of winter.

Light snow is the twentieth of the twenty-four solar terms. Every year1October 22nd or 23rd, 165438+, when the sun reaches 240 degrees of the longitude of the Yellow River, it is a light snow solar term.

Wang, a scholar in the Ming Dynasty, wrote in his famous book Qunfangpu: "The light snow is cold and it will snow, but the ground is not even cold and the snow is not heavy." In other words, before and after the light snow solar terms, it began to snow because of the cold weather. However, because "the ground is not very cold", the snowfall at this time will not be great, so it is called "light snow".

Characteristics of light snow solar terms:

In this solar term, the northwest wind began to become a frequent visitor in China, and the temperature gradually dropped below 0℃, but the earth was not too cold. Although it began to snow, the amount of snow was not large, so it was called light snow.

At this time, Yin Qi fell and Yang Qi rose, which led to the impassability of heaven and earth, the imbalance of yin and yang, the loss of vitality of everything, and the occlusion of heaven and earth into the severe winter. The first snow will appear in the area north of the Yellow River, reminding people that it is time to keep out the cold and keep warm.