The step-by-step tutorial for Xiaoxue’s solar terms handiwork is as follows: Prepare materials: wooden picture frame, clay, wooden sticks, and clay tools.

1. Take out the sky blue clay and cover the upper part of the frame to create irregular shapes.

2. Take out the white clay and cover the lower half of the frame.

3. Press wooden sticks of different lengths on the clay at staggered intervals.

4. Roll a red ball, flatten it and stick it to the lower left corner as a hawthorn ball.

5. Knead a piece of green clay as the handle of the hawthorn.

6. Use a tool pen to determine the position of the eyes and attach two white circles.

7. Paste green discs and black circles in sequence to make the eyes more vivid.

8. Use a tool to press out a smile and decorate the hawthorn with small white dots.

9. Mix red with white, make two small circles and flatten them to make red cheeks.

10. Roll the red clay into a round shape and stick it on a wooden stick to skewer the hawthorn gourd!

11. Take out a small amount of white clay, roll it into a round shape and flatten it. Add the ears to make the little white dog.

12. Paste cute expressions (beady eyes, red face).

13. The remaining two bunches can also be made into cartoon images to make the candied haws more attractive.

14. Now to make the stuffed candied haws, roll out the red ball and cut it into two with a tool.

Roll the white clay into a stick, then roll it into an oval and combine it with the red clay.

15. Use black clay to roll into droplets and stick them on both sides to serve as puppy ears and add a cute expression.

In the same way, you can make another sandwiched hawthorn ball.

16. Make another big hawthorn!

Roll out the red clay, cut it in half and stick it in the gap.

Take out the white clay and shape it into a snow shape, roll it out flat and stick it on.

17. Add the green handle, use the same method to add vivid expressions, and rub some small dots for decoration, as if you are scattering fragrant sesame seeds.

18. Finally, use your creativity to make a small snowman and use the remaining clay to decorate the picture.

19. The three-dimensional painting of candied haws on a stick is completed, and you can feel the beautiful winter ~ Introduction to Xiaoxue and weather changes 1. Introduction to Xiaoxue, which is the 20th solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the second solar term in winter. It falls on November 22 or 23 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

That is when the sun reaches 240° of ecliptic longitude.

Light snow is a solar term that reflects precipitation and temperature. It is a solar term with high frequency of cold waves and strong cold air activities.

The arrival of the light snow solar term means that the weather will become colder and the precipitation will increase.

2. Meteorological changes. Light snow is a solar term that reflects precipitation and temperature. It is a solar term with high frequency of cold waves and strong cold air activities.

The light snow solar term indicates that a relatively stable meridional circulation has been established in East Asia. If the Siberian low pressure or trough moves eastward, large-scale cold air will move southward, resulting in large-scale strong winds and cooling weather.

Light snow in solar terms is not necessarily related to light snow in the weather. "Light snow" in solar terms has different meanings from "light snow" in daily weather forecasts. Light snow in solar terms is a climate concept that reflects temperature and precipitation.