https://journeysnjaunts.com/2020/01/20/24-solar-terms-major-cold/ Explore Shenyang, China, and beyond Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:22:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://journeysnjaunts.com/2020/01/20/24-solar-terms-major-cold/#comment-200 Wed, 13 May 2020 21:16:45 +0000 http://www.journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14204#comment-200 […] China is a country of diversified culture. One of the interesting cultural quirks here is that China has its own seasons called the 24 solar terms. Akin to the farmers’ calendars that some countries have, these terms indicate the seasons, phenology, and the changes in weather. The solar terms were initially determined by the rotating direction of the Big Dipper’s handle. The handle rotates around the east, south, west, and north for an entire cycle, which is then called a “year”. Each rotation period starts in the Beginning of Spring and finishes at Major Cold. […]

]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2020/01/20/24-solar-terms-major-cold/#comment-164 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:23:32 +0000 http://www.journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14204#comment-164 […] Minor Cold, or Xiǎohán(小寒) is the 23rd of the 24 Chinese Solar terms. This year it starts on January 6th. Despite the name – Minor Cold – usually it is the coldest period of winter, which falls on the third nine-day period, or sānjiǔ. The cold weather will be in the city until the end of the next Solar term – Major Cold. […]

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