This winter I will be covered with three layers of wheat quilt, and next year I will sleep with steamed buns on my pillow.
North
Thunders at the beginning of winter are the beginning of spring; thunders hit the winter, and nine out of ten cattle pens are empty; heavy fog starts on the day of the beginning of winter, and radish is lit in the winter paddy fields; it is cold on the day of the beginning of winter, There is a lot of air-conditioning in the year; pickled cabbage can be eaten by frost. Don’t make cattle at the beginning of winter;
South
Northeast wind at the beginning of winter, good sky in winter; (Southern Fujian)
South wind and rain at the beginning of winter, no withered (dry) soil in winter; (Southern Fujian)
Rain at the beginning of winter prevents rotten winter, no fish at the beginning of winter prevents spring drought; (Southern Fujian)
If there is no rain on the Double Ninth Festival, look at the beginning of winter, and there is no rain at the beginning of winter to prevent a dry winter; (Gan)
Watch the Winter Solstice without rain during the Double Ninth Festival, and have a clear winter without rain at the Winter Solstice; (Fujian)
The light snowfall at the beginning of winter is closely connected, and land preparation is the first before winter; (Jiangnan)
The sound of the west wind makes the crabs' legs itch, and the crabs disappear without a trace at the beginning of winter; (Jiangnan)
If you don't eat cakes at the beginning of winter, you will die; (South)
Grow peas at the beginning of winter, and you will return a bucketful of them. One bucket; (South)
Plow gold before the beginning of winter, plow silver after the beginning of winter, and plow iron after the beginning of spring (meaning the soil should be turned early); (Hakka)
It will be clear at the beginning of winter, and winter will Sunny; rain at the beginning of winter, rain in the first winter; (Hakka) north wind at the beginning of winter with lots of ice and snow, south wind at the beginning of winter without rain or snow; (Jiangnan)
Rain at the beginning of winter will make the winter bad, and you will run out of firewood and rice.
(Southern Fujian)