What does Xue Rui mean?

It snows on the second day of the New Year's Day, not that it indicates a good year.

Xue Rui refers to the snow in the twelfth lunar month, because it is the spring of the second year after the twelfth lunar month. With the coming of the new year, the next year will be a year of bumper harvest and prosperity.

"Snow indicates a bumper harvest year" is a popular agricultural proverb, which means that several heavy snows in winter indicate a bumper harvest in the coming year. One is a water storage field. It's cold in winter, and the snow often doesn't melt easily. The snow covered on the soil is soft, and there is a lot of stagnant air hidden inside. Air doesn't transfer heat, just like covering a quilt for crops. No matter how cold it is outside, the temperature below will not drop very low.

Snowfall after light snow solar terms is commonly known as Xue Rui. Snow covers the earth like a wonderful carpet, so that the ground temperature will not drop too low because of the cold in winter, which is beneficial to the growth of crops. Moreover, when melting snow, you need to absorb heat from the soil, and pests will freeze to death. Therefore, it means that timely winter snow indicates that the coming year will be a bumper year, which is a sign of bumper crops in the coming year.