Amadziwika kuti ndi limodzi mwa anayi a Li, Kuyamba kwa Zima kumakhala ndi miyambo ndi zikhalidwe zambiri, monga kudya dumplings, kusambira m'nyengo yozizira komanso kupanga nyengo yozizira.

Nthawi yadzuwa ya "Start of Winter" imakhala pa Novembara 7 kapena 8 chaka chilichonse. Kale, anthu aku China ankakonda kutenga Kuyamba kwa dzinja ngati chiyambi cha dzinja. Ndipotu nyengo yachisanu siimayamba nthawi imodzi, kupatulapo madera a m’mphepete mwa nyanja ku South China, omwe alibe nyengo yozizira chaka chonse, komanso phiri la Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, lomwe limakhala ndi nyengo yaitali yozizira popanda chilimwe. Malinga ndi muyezo wa climatology kugawa nyengo zinayi, ngati pafupifupi kutentha kwa pentad mu theka lachiwiri la chaka kutsika pansi pa 10 ℃ ngati nyengo yozizira, mawu akuti "chiyambi cha chisanu ndi chiyambi cha dzinja" amagwirizana kwenikweni ndi malamulo anyengo a dera la Huang-Huai. Kumadera a kumpoto kwa China, Mohe ndi madera a kumpoto kwa Mapiri a Khingan amalowa kale m'nyengo yozizira kumayambiriro kwa September, ndipo mumzinda wa Beijing, nyengo yozizira imayamba kumapeto kwa October. M'mphepete mwa Mtsinje wa Yangtze, nyengo yozizira imayamba kwambiri kuzungulira "chipale chofewa" cha dzuwa.