Name: Minor Cold
Uploaded: 2026-01-05T10:44:21+08:00
Duration: 1 min
Description: Minor Cold, the 23rd of the 24 solar terms and the fifth solar term of winter, falls between January 5 and 7 on the Gregorian calendar each year. This year, Minor Cold falls on January 5. Temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere continue to drop sharply,

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Minor Cold, the 23rd of the 24 solar terms and the fifth solar term of winter, falls between January 5 and 7 on the Gregorian calendar each year. This year, Minor Cold falls on January 5. Temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere continue to drop sharply, with frequent cold waves bringing significant cooling.

Folk customs during this period include admiring snow and viewing plum blossoms, as well as drawing the Nine Cold Periods chart to count down the coldest days of winter. People eat mutton soup to ward off the cold, and in preparation for the upcoming Laba Festival on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, they also enjoy eight-treasure rice porridge steamed with ingredients such as lotus seeds, red dates, coix seeds, candied fruits and osmanthus to pray for favorable weather and family reunion in the new year.

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