24 Solar Terms
In Chinese language, “惊蛰(/Jing Zhe/)” means that insects are awaken from winter sleep(hibernation) by thunder. At this day, The sun reachs the celestial longtitude 345° increasing more 30° from Spring Begins. I can obviously feel the day become longer and the weather is warmer and warmer, so do the insects. They end their winter sleep [...]
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Today is the 2nd Solar Term of 2009 — “The Rains”. The rainfall will increase gradually. On the other hand, it means temperature will become warmer and the amount of snow in rain form will decrease. The Chinese idiom “Spring rain is as precious as oil” indicates the importance of the rain of now. It [...]
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Spring begins (立春) is an old Chinese idiom for describing the date of the beginning of spring in a year. The spring begins of 2009 is Feb 4th, and it’s today. In the ancient China, people calculated some days for dividing four seasons based solar moving. They were sping begins, summer begins, autumn begins and winter begins respectively. At [...]
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