24 Chinese Solar terms – Winter Solstice
The 22nd of the 24 Chinese Solar terms is here - Winter Solstice or 冬至 (Dōngzhì). Let’s learn a bit about this period in the Chinese calendar. It starts on December 21st, and that…
24 Chinese Solar terms – Greater Snow
It is time for another Chinese solar term again, starting December 7th. After the last one, Lesser Snow, it is now time for 大雪 or dà xuě in pinyin (which means Greater Snow). It…
24 Chinese Solar terms – Lesser snow
The solar term starting on November 22nd, which is the 20th out of 24 solar terms total, is called 小雪 (xiǎoxuě in Pinyin, meaning light or minor snow). 小雪 is…
24 Chinese Solar terms – Beginning of Winter
The solar term starting on November 7th (or November 8th in some years) is called 立冬or “beginning of winter” in English and is a traditional Chinese festival. It marks the day…
24 Chinese Solar terms – Frost’s descent
Today, we are welcoming the 18th out of the 24 Chinese solar terms. Frost’s Descent is the English equivalent of 霜降 or Shuāngjiàng in pinyin. According to the Chinese agricultural calendar, it…
24 Chinese Solar terms – Cold Dew
Big celebrations happened in China recently – National Day and Golden Week and Mid-Autumn Festival. But not only National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival happened, a new solar term has arrived as well. This…
24 Chinese Solar terms – Autumn Equinox
The Autumnal Equinox (Qiu Fen, 秋分), the sixteenth solar term falls in the middle of Autumn and divides this season into two equal parts. This year, Qiu Fen begins on September…
24 Chinese Solar terms – White Dew
Autumn has been sneaking up on us – unexpectedly as always – and even if your mind still refuses to admit that summer is coming to an end, the Chinese…
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…
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…
