Eyaziwa njengenye yezinhlobo ezine ze-Li, i-Start of Winter inemikhuba namasiko amaningi, njengokudla ama-dumpling, ukubhukuda ebusika kanye nokulungisa ubusika.

Isikhathi selanga esithi “Ukuqala Kobusika” siba ngoNovemba 7 noma 8 njalo ngonyaka. Ezikhathini zasendulo, abantu baseShayina babevame ukuthatha ukuqala kobusika njengokuqala kobusika. Eqinisweni, ubusika abuqali ngesikhathi esisodwa, ngaphandle kwezindawo ezisogwini lwaseNingizimu China, ezingenabo ubusika unyaka wonke, kanye ne-Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, enobusika obude ngaphandle kwehlobo. Ngokwezinga lesimo sezulu ukuhlukanisa izinkathi ezine, uma izinga lokushisa elijwayelekile le-pentad engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka liwela ngaphansi kuka-10℃ njengobusika, isisho esithi “ukuqala kobusika kungukuqala kobusika” ngokuyisisekelo sihambisana nomthetho wesimo sezulu wesifunda saseHuang-Huai. Ezindaweni ezisenyakatho yeShayina, iMohe nezindawo ezisenyakatho yeGreater Khingan Mountains sezivele zingena ebusika ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba, kanti enhloko-dolobha iBeijing, ubusika buqala ngasekupheleni kuka-Okthoba. Esigodini soMfula iYangtze, ubusika buqala ngokuqinile eduze nesikhathi selanga esithi “iqhwa elincane”.