Eyaziwayo njengenye ye-Li ezine, i-Start of Winter inamasiko amaninzi kunye neenkcubeko, ezifana nokutya amadombolo, ukuqubha ebusika kunye nokwenza ubusika.

Ixesha lelanga elithi "Ukuqala koBusika" liwela ngoNovemba 7 okanye i-8 ngonyaka. Kumaxesha amandulo, abantu baseTshayina babedla ngokuqala ubusika njengokuqala kobusika. Enyanisweni, ubusika abuqali bonke ngaxeshanye, ngaphandle kwemimandla eselunxwemeni yoMzantsi Tshayina, engenabusika unyaka wonke, kunye neThafa laseQinghai-Tibet, elinobusika obude ngaphandle kwehlobo. Ngokomgangatho weclimatology ukwahlula amaxesha onyaka amane, ukuba iqondo lobushushu kwisiqingatha sesibini sonyaka liwela ngaphantsi kwe-10℃ njengobusika, intetho ethi “ukuqala kobusika kukuqala kobusika” ngokusisiseko iyangqinelana ne. umthetho wemozulu kummandla Huang-Huai. Kwiindawo ezisemantla eChina, iMohe kunye neendawo ezisenyakatho ye-Greater Khingan Mountains sele ingena ebusika ekuqaleni kukaSeptemba, kwaye kwi-capital Beijing, ubusika buqala ekupheleni kuka-Oktobha. KuMlambo iYangtze, ubusika buqala ngokunyanisekileyo malunga nexesha “lokukhanya kwekhephu” lelanga.