What does the great cold solar term mean?

Great cold is also a solar term indicating the degree of cold weather. There is a folk saying that "a slight cold is the most important thing, and it is cold without wind." Great cold is an extremely cold season in traditional solar terms. In some parts of China, severe cold is not as cold as slight cold, but in the southern coastal areas of China, the lowest temperature will still appear in the severe cold solar terms.

The Great Cold is the last of the 24 solar terms, and it is called "Great Cold" every year when the sun reaches 300 degrees on June 20-2 1 day of the Gregorian calendar. This gas festival is the coldest period of the year during March 9 and April 9, when cold waves frequently go south. There is a folk saying that "a slight cold is the most important thing, and it is cold without wind." Great cold refers to extremely cold weather.