24 Chinese Solar terms – The End of Heat
The fourteenth of the 24 Solar Terms - 处暑, or chǔshǔin Pinyin is starting. In English, it can be translated as The End of Heat. The weather in this period is a…
Discover the Hungry Ghost Festival
The (Hungry) Ghost Festival (中元节, zhōngyuán jié) is a Buddhist and Taoist festival held on the 15th night of the 7th month of the Chinese lunar calendar. Tradition claims that the 7th month of the…
24 Chinese Solar terms – The Beginning of Autumn
You will never believe it, but according to the Chinese lunar calendar, autumn begins already today, August 7th. The name in Chinese for this period is 立秋, or lì qīu in…
