What is the solar term proverb of the Great Cold?

The severe cold solar terms are as follows:

1. "The great cold is not cold, and the vernal equinox is not warm."

This proverb means: If it is not cold in cold weather, then the cold weather will be postponed and it will be very cold at the spring equinox next year.

"Seeing three white people in the cold, the farmers have enough food and clothes."

This proverb means: if it snows more in the cold season, locust larvae will freeze to death, so that crops in the coming year will not be affected by pests, crops will be bumper, and farmers can have plenty of food and clothing.

3. "A cold pig is wet, and the buds rot in March", "A cold cow is wet, and it will be cold on March 3 next year" and "The south wind will send a cold, and the dog will not go out in the first month"

According to popular saying, cold should be cold but not warm. There are many proverbs that the cold and warm weather is unfavorable to agricultural production. Proverbs show that the warm and humid weather in solar terms indicates that the cold and rainy weather in the solar calendar from February to April is serious, which has a negative impact on crop growth in spring.

The great cold comes at the end of the year, winter goes to spring, and after the great cold, a new cycle begins. In some parts of China, during the period from the Great Cold to beginning of spring, there were many important folk customs, such as taking off old cloth to make bacon, offering sacrifices to stoves and ending sumptuous food. Tail luxury food is also called "making teeth" and "making luxury food". There is a folk custom of "eating tail teeth" after eating luxury food. The popular "annual meeting" at the end of the year is the legacy of "Wei gluttonous feast".