What are the precautions for the Great Cold?

What's the significance of Great Cold? Dahan is the last solar term among the 24 solar terms. Because it is the transition period with Lichun, there are many things to pay attention to and taboos during Dahan.

What is the significance of the Great Cold?

Great Cold Burial

In folk culture, burials during the Great Cold solar term are commonly known as "dry burials". It is said that this day is one of the best days for moving graves and burying people. Friends who choose to bury their dead during the Great Cold season must pay attention to the feng shui and rituals related to the burial.
1. What to wear during the funeral: direct relatives wear white mourning belts, peers wear black veils, other relatives wear black veils, and other guests wear white flowers. During the mourning period, people wear plain clothes and avoid wearing bright red or purple clothes, shoes and socks.
2. During the funeral ceremony of the Great Cold, no other ceremonies can be held or participated in. It is also not suitable to get married, open a business, or move into the new house.

Weather taboos

1. There is a saying among the people that "If the Great Cold is not cold, the Spring Equinox will not be warm", which means that the Great Cold must be cold, so that the weather will be good in the spring of the following year.
2. There is a saying among the people that "the three white snows during the Great Cold indicate a good harvest", which means that the most taboo during the Great Cold solar term is a sunny day without snow, because heavy snow in winter can kill locusts and there will be no insect plague the following year, which means that auspicious snow indicates a good harvest.