Twenty-four solar terms
Lunar calendar meaning the order of the season Feasts
1 month spring beginning of spring festival on February 4th / 5th entered the spring recovery of all things.
2 rainwater month in February 19/20 spring then blown over, the weather getting warmer, the ice melted, the air is moist, increase rain.
3 February Jingzhe Festival March 5 / 6th the weather gets warmer, spring thunder rang dormant variety of hibernating animals wake up and start activity in the soil, so called Awakening of Insects. Most of the region into the spring.
February 4 spring equinox day and night are equal northern and southern hemispheres March 20th / 21st. Most of the region into the growth stage of winter crops in the spring.
March 5 Qingming Festival April 4th / 5th warm sunny weather, vegetation originating new buds, things began to grow, farmers are busy plowing spring planting. People plug in at the door willow strips, to the outskirts of hikers, and sweep the grave.
6 Guyu in March 20 April / 21 May warmer weather, increased rainfall, the northern spring crop planting a good season, because there is rain moisten the earth.
April 7 夏季立 Summer Festival began May 5th / 6th summer, increased rainfall, crop growth are rising, increasingly busy field work.
8 April Xiaoman May 21/22 summer crops of barley, winter wheat, etc., have been the result, full grain, but not yet mature, so called the Little Man.
9 Mangzhong May Day June 5th / 6th Mangzhong show bearded wheat crop maturity, it should be the beginning of autumn, such as late Valley, millet, millet and so on. Yangtze River region will enter the apricot season, continuous rain.
May 10 June 21 summer solstice / the 22nd sunlight Tropic of Cancer, the longest day. From that day to enter the hot season, the most productive things grow, weed pests grow rapidly.
Slight June 11 Festival July 7/8 positive around Chu Fu, the weather is very hot but not hot, busy working summer crops.
June 12 Great Heat in July 23 / 24th around the time when the ambush, the hottest period of the year, the rapid growth of thermophilic crops; rain a lot.
Fall autumn festival July 13 August 7 / 8th autumn, the temperature gradually decreased; the central region early rice harvest, rice transplanting begin.
Symbol Chushuben July 14 August 23/24 climate cools, expressed termination summer day, hot summer has come to an end.
15 Towers Mid-Autumn Festival on September 7 / on the 8th cooler weather, the ground moisture condensation.
September 23 / 24th August 16 equinox sunlight equator, day and night are almost equal. Northern autumn harvest species.
17 September dew Festival October 8 / 9th cooler weather, dew days more.
Frost September 18 October 23 / 24th, the weather has been cold, start frost, so called frost. South can still harvest autumn planting.
Winter festival beginning October 19 Lidong November 7 / on the 8th winter, ending a year of field operations, to be covered up after crop harvest.
Snow in October 20 November 22/23 daily temperature drops, the Yellow River began to snow; north has entered the frozen season.
Snow Festival November 21 December 7 / 8th of the Yellow River region are beginning to have snow; while the northern ice is thousands of miles.
22 November winter solstice in December 21/22 On this day, the sun almost direct Tropic of Capricorn, the shortest day in the northern hemisphere, the longest night.
Osamu December 23 Festival January 5/6 onwards into the cold season. Sekihisa and cold air-conditioning in most areas into the cold period.
Big Chill in December 24 January 20 / Big Chill is the 21st to the extreme cold weather meant. Chill before is the coldest time of the year.
