For instance at the arrival of the "Commencement of Spring" (the beginning of February), despite the fact that the whole outdoors was covered in ice, farming families could all rest assured that spring was not far away.
譬如節氣行到「立春」（陽曆二月初），哪怕外面還是冰封大地，農家也會知道「春天不遠了」；怕存糧不夠，會挨凍受饑的憂心，也總算可以稍稍紓解。