24 Solar term Archives - Journeys & Jaunts https://journeysnjaunts.com Explore Shenyang, China, and beyond Mon, 20 Dec 2021 11:19:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.1 https://journeysnjaunts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/0761201ed5ccd801f3c799c365d5c7f-150x150.png 24 Solar term Archives - Journeys & Jaunts https://journeysnjaunts.com 32 32 24 Chinese Solar terms – Winter Solstice https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/12/21/24-chinese-solar-terms-winter-solstice/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/12/21/24-chinese-solar-terms-winter-solstice/#respond Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:16:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14902 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 day brings the shortest daytime and the longest nighttime. After that date, the days progressively become longer and longer, all the way until Summer Solstice […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/12/21/24-chinese-solar-terms-winter-solstice/feed/ 0 24 Chinese Solar terms – Greater Snow https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/12/07/24-chinese-solar-terms-greater-snow/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/12/07/24-chinese-solar-terms-greater-snow/#respond Tue, 07 Dec 2021 09:22:40 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14890 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 is the 21st of 24 terms of the Chinese calendar. 大雪 is the time when the temperature in the northern part of China drops below -10°C (in […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/12/07/24-chinese-solar-terms-greater-snow/feed/ 0 24 Chinese Solar terms – Lesser snow https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/11/22/24-chinese-solar-terms-lesser-snow/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/11/22/24-chinese-solar-terms-lesser-snow/#respond Mon, 22 Nov 2021 10:42:36 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14883 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 when the temperatures start to drop to below 0°C, but the earth has not yet frozen solid. It is when it starts to snow in […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/11/22/24-chinese-solar-terms-lesser-snow/feed/ 0 24 Chinese Solar terms – Beginning of Winter https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/11/06/24-chinese-solar-terms-beginning-of-winte/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/11/06/24-chinese-solar-terms-beginning-of-winte/#respond Sat, 06 Nov 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14862 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 after which the time the sun shines will continue to shorten and the sun will appear lower and lower in the sky at noontime. 立冬 is the […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/11/06/24-chinese-solar-terms-beginning-of-winte/feed/ 0 24 Chinese Solar terms – Frost’s descent https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/10/23/24-chinese-solar-terms-frosts-descent/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/10/23/24-chinese-solar-terms-frosts-descent/#respond Sat, 23 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14853 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 is the last term of autumn, which means the next two weeks will be the last of the autumn harvest. Farmers are all busy in […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/10/23/24-chinese-solar-terms-frosts-descent/feed/ 0 24 Chinese Solar terms – Cold Dew https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/10/08/24-chinese-solar-terms-cold-dew/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/10/08/24-chinese-solar-terms-cold-dew/#respond Fri, 08 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14823 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 is the beginning of the end of nice weather – especially in the North of China. So, from now on it will get colder and […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/10/08/24-chinese-solar-terms-cold-dew/feed/ 0 24 Chinese Solar terms – Autumn Equinox https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/09/23/24-chinese-solar-terms-autumn-equinox/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/09/23/24-chinese-solar-terms-autumn-equinox/#respond Thu, 23 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14830 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 23rd. It is on the Autumn Equinox day that the Yin and Yang are in a balance of power. Thus, the day and night are of […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/09/23/24-chinese-solar-terms-autumn-equinox/feed/ 0 24 Chinese Solar terms – White Dew https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/09/07/24-chinese-solar-terms-white-dew/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/09/07/24-chinese-solar-terms-white-dew/#respond Tue, 07 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14800 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 Lunar calendar says that it is time for the first Autumn solar term, which indicates the real beginning of Autumn. Even though the average temperature […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/09/07/24-chinese-solar-terms-white-dew/feed/ 0 24 Chinese Solar terms – The End of Heat https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/08/23/24-chinese-solar-terms-the-end-of-heat/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/08/23/24-chinese-solar-terms-the-end-of-heat/#respond Mon, 23 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14777 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 bit unstable – one day it might be very hot and on another day much cooler, so, people have to pay more attention to the […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/08/23/24-chinese-solar-terms-the-end-of-heat/feed/ 0 24 Chinese Solar terms – The Beginning of Autumn https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/08/07/24-chinese-solar-terms-the-beginning-of-autumn/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/08/07/24-chinese-solar-terms-the-beginning-of-autumn/#respond Sat, 07 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14775 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 Pinyin. It is the thirteenth of the 24 Solar Terms. Literally, the Chinese character qiu (秋, autumn) consists of two parts, he (禾, rice) and […]

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