What solar term comes after the winter solstice? The next solar term after the winter solstice is the Minor Cold.

Winter Solstice, the 22nd solar term of the 24 solar terms, marks the arrival of the cold winter. Do you know what solar term comes after the winter solstice? Next, let’s take a look together.

What solar term comes after the winter solstice?

General Overview

1. The solar term after the winter solstice is Minor Cold.
2. Minor Cold, the 22nd solar term in the 24 solar terms. When the sun's ecliptic longitude is 285°, the time point is between January 5th and 6th of the Gregorian calendar every year.
3. The meaning of Xiaohan: Xiaohan indicates the degree of coldness. After Xiaohan, the cold season begins, but it is not yet at its extreme point. The next solar term after Xiaohan is Dahan, which means the weather is very cold and has reached the extreme. It is the coldest time of the year.
4. The time of Minor Cold in 2017 is: January 5, 11:55:42, the eighth day of the twelfth month (big month) in the lunar calendar of 2016

Three Marquises of Xiaohan

1. Yanbei Township: The ancients believed that among migratory birds, wild geese migrated according to the yin and yang. At this time, the yang energy had moved, so the wild geese began to migrate northward.
2. Magpies begin to build nests: At this time, magpies can be seen everywhere in the north, and they begin to build nests by sensing the yang energy.
3. Pheasants crow: Pheasants crow when they feel the growth of Yang energy.

Selection of proverbs related to the Minor Cold solar term

1. Lesser Cold and Greater Cold, prepare for the New Year.
2. It’s freezing cold when you go out on the seventh and eighth days of the twelfth lunar month.
3. Lesser Cold is better than Greater Cold and is not rare.
4. It rains during the Lesser Cold, and the rain freezes the rice seedlings.
5. The weather is hot during the Lesser Cold, but not during the Greater Cold.
6. The weather is cold but people are not cold. Change the old winter habits.
7. Lesser Cold and Greater Cold, everything is frozen into a ball.
8. Three white clouds in the twelfth lunar month indicate a wheat harvest next year.
9. If the Lesser Cold is not cold, then the Qingming will be a quagmire.
10. If there is no rain in Lesser Cold, there will be drought in Lesser Heat.
11. It is the 239th day of the 9th month of Minor Cold when the weather is freezing and the north wind is howling.
12. Minor Cold Festival lasts for 15 days, and the seventh or eighth day is the 39th day.