1. If the weather is warm in Minor Cold, the Start of Spring will snow.

The saying means that if the weather is warm during the Minor Cold, then when the Start of Spring comes, there will often be rain and snow, which is often called "unusually cold spell in an otherwise warm early spring".

2.If there is no snow in Minor Cold, it will be drought in Minor Heat.

If there is no snow (or no rain) in Minor Cold and Major Cold, then it will not rain in the days of Minor Heat and Major Heat in the coming year, and the crops in the fields will be lack of water seriously. Snow in winter not only provides sufficient water for wheat and exterminates pests, but also implies good harvests for the coming year.

3.People cold into ice mass in Minor Cold days.

This expression originated in the Jiangnan area. Minor Cold is the coldest period of the year, and one can imagine how cold it is. In some years, the is not very cold during Minor Cold, which often indicates that it will be extremely cold during Major Cold.

4. If it rains during Minor Cold, the rain will freeze the crop seedlings next year.

If it rains during Minor Cold, it means that the weather is not extremely cold, so the Major Cold will be longer or colder. The rain makes the land wet, so when Major Cold comes, the water will be frozen into ice. When the next spring comes, the ice at the bottom of the land does not melt completely. After the seedlings are planted, the ice slowly melts into ice water, which freezes the roots of the plants.