Handmade works of Xiaoman solar terms

Handmade works of Xiaoman solar terms are as follows:

1. Prepare a square colored paper, a pencil and a pair of scissors.

2. Fold the four corners of the square in half to form a triangle.

3. Fold the right corner to the left by one third and flatten it.

4. Turn the left corner back to one third and flatten it.

5. Fold the left side to the right side and fold the paper into a smaller corner.

6. Draw a simple line on it with a pencil. See the figure below. Most of the left and right sides are connected.

7. Cut off the unnecessary places along the drawn lines with scissors.

8, slowly open the colored paper, it is a beautiful pink snowflake.

Because of the cold weather, the form of precipitation changed from rain to snow, but at this time, because the ground is not very cold and the amount of snow is not large, it is called light snow. At this time, the yang is rising and the yin is falling, which leads to the impassability of heaven and earth, the imbalance of yin and yang, the loss of vitality of everything, the occlusion of heaven and earth and the turning into 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.

The meaning of "light snow" in light snow solar terms is different from that in daily weather forecast. Xiaoxue solar term is a climate concept, which represents the climate characteristics during Xiaoxue solar term. The light snow in the weather forecast refers to the snow with less snowfall intensity.

Compared with light snow, heavy snow often falls heavily and widely. The ancients said, "The great man is prosperous, and the distant man is snowy.". People often say that there is a certain scientific basis for the auspicious snow and good harvest.

Because if it snows heavily, it will cover the crops with quilts and will not be frozen because it is too cold. When snow melts, it will add water to the soil, and natural crops will grow well. So there is another agricultural proverb, "This year, the crops will be covered with three quilts, and next year, they will sleep with steamed bread."