Mid-Autumn Festival
It seems that all around the world, people feel the need to celebrate a successful harvest. Americans have their Thanksgiving, Germans have their Erntedankfest, the French have their jour d’action…
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…
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…
24 Chinese Solar Terms – Grain in Ear
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
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
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 – Pure Brightness
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
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…
