What do the three phases of Great Cold mean? What are the phenological characteristics of Great Cold?

What do the three phases of Great Cold mean? What are the phenological characteristics of Great Cold?
The Great Cold is the last solar term of the winter solstice and the last of the twenty-four solar terms. Want to know more about the Great Cold solar term? The twelfth month of the lunar calendar is also known as Tu Yue and Jiaping Yue. If you want to know more about the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, then follow the editor to Shui Mo Xiansheng website to check it out!

What do the three phases of Great Cold mean?

The three signs of Great Cold are: " The first sign is that chickens lay eggs, the second sign is that migratory birds fly fast, and the third sign is that the bellies of birds in marshes become hard ."
During the Great Cold season, chicks can be hatched; and birds of prey such as hawks and falcons are in a state of extremely strong hunting ability, hovering in the air looking for food to replenish their body energy to resist the severe cold; during the last five days of the year, the ice in the water freezes all the way to the center of the water and is the thickest and strongest.
The time of the three phases of Great Cold is divided into: On the day of Great Cold, chickens begin to lay eggs, five days later, vultures fly fiercely, and five days later, the bellies of birds in marshes become hard. That is to say, every 5 days is a season. For example, the new calendar time of the Great Cold in 2022 is January 20, 2022. January 20-24 is the first season, January 25-29 is the second season, and January 30-February 3 is the third season.
The first stage is chicken milk: hatching chicks.
The second phase is the rapid movement of migratory birds: migratory birds such as eagles and falcons are in a state of extremely strong hunting ability, hovering in the air looking for food everywhere to replenish their body energy to resist the severe cold.
The third sign is that the water in the marshes becomes solid: during the last five days of the year, the ice in the water freezes all the way to the center of the water and is the solidest and thickest.

What solar term is Dahan?

Dahan is the sixth solar term in winter and the last of the twenty-four solar terms. The Dipper points to Chou; the sun's ecliptic longitude reaches 300°; the solar term falls on January 20-21 of the Gregorian calendar every year.
Great Cold means the weather is extremely cold. The Great Cold falls in the 39th and 49th periods of the lunar calendar, and like the Lesser Cold, it is a solar term that indicates the degree of coldness of the weather. At this time, cold waves frequently move southward, making it the coldest period of the year.
"Shushi Tongkao Tianshi" quoted "Sanli Yi Zong" to explain: "Dahan is the middle one, it is above Xiaohan, so it is called Dahan... It is the coldest one, so it is called Dahan." There is also a folk saying: "Xiaohan and Dahan, it is cold without wind." Both reflect the coldness of Dahan.
Dahan means the weather is extremely cold. Although the winter solstice is the time when the sun is at its lowest altitude in the Northern Hemisphere, the coldest time of the year is the Lesser Cold and Greater Cold solar terms after the winter solstice, especially the Greater Cold. This is because after the winter solstice, the direct point of sunlight will gradually move northward, but for a period of time thereafter, the direct point of sunlight is always in the Southern Hemisphere, and the heat in the Northern Hemisphere is always dissipated. The heat absorbed during the day is still less than the heat released at night. Therefore, after the winter solstice, the temperature in the Northern Hemisphere continues to drop, reaching its lowest during the Greater Cold period, which is the coldest solar term of the year. Due to my country's vast territory and large north-south span, there are great differences in climate between the north and south. According to my country's long-term meteorological records, there is no less severe cold during the Great Cold solar term in the northern region; but for most areas in the south, the coldest period is during the Great Cold solar term.

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