On cold winter nights, when he did not want his father to shiver in a cold quilt, Huang Hsiang would sleep covering himself with his father's quilt, thus using his body heat to warm the quilt.
到了父親快要回房休息時，黃香總會先跑進屋裡，用扇子搧床上的蓆子，直到把蓆子搧涼了，才請父親回房就寢。嚴冬時節，黃香也會在父親臨睡前，先鑽進冰冷的被窩裡，用自己的體溫使被褥暖和，然後再讓父親溫暖、舒適地入睡。