Idioms describing winter

Idioms describing winter are: ice and snow, dripping into ice, freezing in the cold, goose feathers and snow, freezing thousands of miles, wrapped in silver, cold winter, snowy, biting cold wind, proud snow frost, gluttony caused by snow, cold at the end of the year, pine and cypress withering, freezing in the cold, three friends a year, and long days.

Winter is one of the four seasons. The change of seasons throughout the year is a continuous process, and it is also a process of yin and yang transformation, from one to two, from quantitative change to qualitative change. In this gradual process, beginning of spring, Changxia, beginning of autumn and beginning of winter, also known as "Sili", are the beginning of the season. Traditionally, China regards the 24 solar terms "beginning of winter" as beginning of winter. In winter, life is closed and everything enters a state of recuperation.

The commonly used methods of season division mainly include "solar terms method" and "temperature method". The winter divided by solar terms method starts from "beginning of winter" and ends before the next "beginning of spring". According to the temperature method, winter begins when the daily average temperature is lower than 10℃ for five consecutive days, and ends when the daily average temperature rises above 10℃ for five consecutive days.

In the middle of winter, the sun's spirit retreats to the yin, life closes, and everything begins to harvest. "Autumn harvest and winter storage", everything is harvested in winter, and winter is the season to enjoy a bumper harvest and recuperate. In many areas, winter means silence and desolation. When the cold current strikes, living things will reduce their life activities, many plants will shed leaves, animals will choose to hibernate, and some are called hibernation. Migratory birds will fly to warmer places for the winter.