The aerial photo, taken on January 4, shows villagers picking agaric at a plantation base in Huangshaxi Village, Zhongshan Neighborhood, Xintian County, Yongzhou City. Farmers are busy with farm work in the fields before the coming of Xiaohan. (Photo/Liu Guixiong)

January 5 marks the Chinese solar term Xiaohan, or Minor Cold. This is the 23rd solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar. The coming of Xiaohan marks a temperature decline in most of the areas in the Northern Hemisphere, bringing the coldest period in a year.

During Minor Cold, many places in China have been covered with ice and snow.

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn. 

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: Xinhua