Chinese New Year is an important traditional Chinese holiday. In China, it is also known as the Spring Festival, the literal translation of the modern Chinese name. Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally ran from Chinese New Year's ...
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The lunisolar Chinese calendar determines the date of Chinese New Year. The calendar is also used in countries that have adopted or have been influenced by Han culture, notably the Koreans, Japanese and Vietnamese. In the Gregorian ...
When the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 330 degrees, the solar term of “The Rains” arrives. “The Rains” indicates that as the weather gets warmer, the amount of rainfall increases, at the same time the form ...
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Abstract: Solar terms originated in China. A solar term is any of 24 points in traditional East Asian lunisolar calendars that matches a particular astronomical event or signifies some natural phenomenon. Lichun refers to the spring and new ...
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White dews is the 15th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 165° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 180°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the ...
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“Cold Dews” is the 17 solar term of the 24 solar terms and falls on October 8 or October 9 each year. It means that it’s colder than “White Dews” and the dews are becoming frost. During this period, most of the ...
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'Slight Cold' is the 23 solar term and happens on January 5 to January 7 when the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 285 degrees. To China, “Slight Cold” indicates the weather starts to enter the coldest days. When ...
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'Great Cold',the last solar term in 24 solar terms,comes around January 20 each year.In this period,the cold waves from Siberia arrives in China.The snow and rain as well as the icy cold weather exert a big influence on people's life and ...
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The Sea Sacrifice Festival originated from Zhougezhuang Village, Tianheng Town in Jimo City of Shandong Province. It has enjoyed a history of over 500 years. Sea sacrifice is a fishing culture with distinctive local characteristics ...
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Winter solstice is a solar term in Chinese lunar calendar, and a traditional festival as well. It falls on December 22 or 23 (solar calendar) every year. It is the day when the Northern Hemisphere has the shortest daytime and longest ...
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The Beginning of Autumn is one of the twenty-four solar terms in traditional Chinese calendar.It comes sometime around the 11th day of the seventh mouth of the lunar calendar,or the eighth of August of the solar calendar.This solar term ...
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Chinese calendar. It's called "Spring Begins", which literally means the beginning of spring. Thereafter the day usually gets longer and warmer. The solar term is divided from the viewpoint of astronomy; however, for the folks, "Spring ...