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24 Chinese Solar Terms – Grain in Ear

Post author:Alina Zhang
Post published:June 5, 2020
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After the Grain Buds we are entering the period of the ninth solar term. The name of a new one is Grain in Ear - 芒种 (mángzhòng in pinyin). It…

24 Chinese Solar Terms – Grain Buds

Post author:Alina Zhang
Post published:May 20, 2020
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As the end of May is near and the rainfall increases, the summer season is coming closer and it’s time for a new solar term - Grain Buds or 小满…

24 Chinese Solar Terms – Beginning of Summer

Post author:Alina Zhang
Post published:May 5, 2020
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For people who already live in Shenyang, you might know the saying that there are only two seasons in a year - winter and summer. Even though for most of…

24 Solar Terms: Grain Rain

Post author:Alina Zhang
Post published:April 19, 2020
Post category:Art & Culture Discover Shenyang
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As you may tell from the blooming flowers on the streets and parks of Shenyang, spring is finally here! And it also means that it is time for us to…

24 Solar Terms – Pure Brightness

Post author:Alina Zhang
Post published:April 4, 2020
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Time is going very fast, isn’t it? It feels like the roaring cold winter wind was just here few days ago, but now you can already see the blooming flowers.…

24 Solar Terms – Spring Equinox

Post author:Alina Zhang
Post published:March 20, 2020
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In our last Chinese solar term article, we have introduced you the Awakening of Insects, and today we want to share some information of Spring Equinox with you. Spring Equinox…

24 Solar terms – Awakening of Insects

Post author:Alina Zhang
Post published:March 5, 2020
Post category:Art & Culture Discover Shenyang
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The first spring month – March – has just started (we are very happy about the coming spring with its warm weather and hopefully it will be the end of…

24 Solar terms – Rain Water

Post author:Alina Zhang
Post published:February 19, 2020
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The time for the 2nd of the 24 Chinese Solar terms starts today, on February 19th. Yǔshuǐ (雨水 in Mandarin) can be literally translated as rain water, which means that…

24 Solar Terms – Beginning of Spring

Post author:Alina Zhang
Post published:February 4, 2020
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Now it is time for the new Chinese Solar term – and we are very happy about it, because the coldest season is coming to an end. On February 4th,…

Chūn Jié – Chinese Spring Festival

Post author:Alina Zhang
Post published:January 23, 2020
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Everyone loves holidays, right? I know most of us just returned to work from our Christmas and New Year’s vacation, but now, we already get to plan the next one,…