Xiao Han is the twenty-third of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms, pronounced Minor Cold in English.
At this time, the branches outside the window became bare, and only the cold wind was telling the story of the desolation between heaven and earth. Walking on the road, my hands were frozen red, and the exhaled white gas was faintly visible in the air. As the saying goes: small cold, big cold, frozen into ice balls. The coldest time of the year has arrived.
During Minor Cold, most areas in China have entered the bitter cold stage of winter. The ground and rivers are frozen. The cold air from the north moves southward continuously.
During the small cold season, most parts of China have entered the cold winter. It was freezing cold, the river was frozen, and the cold air from the north continued to push southward.
Source: China Daily