Season of China – Major Heat
Major Heat, or Da Shu, is the 12th of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese calendar and marks the […]
Major Heat, or Da Shu, is the 12th of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese calendar and marks the […]
Last Friday, April 26th, we held the “Tribute to Spring – Yaji in Copenhagen, Lanting Culture Salon” at the China […]
Grain Rain (GuYu), the sixth solar term in spring, marks the end of the season. At this time, the sun’s […]
Last week, on March 13, the China Cultural Center in Copenhagen hosted the event “Yaji in Copenhagen—Unity of Human and […]
“Lichun” or the Beginning of the Spring, the first of the 24 Chinese solar terms. It marks the start of […]
Great Cold , the final term in the 24 solar terms, falls between January 20th and 21st each year when […]
” Minor Cold” or “Xiaohan,” the 23rd solar term among the 24 Chinese solar terms, is the 5th term in […]
“Winter Solstice” is the 22nd solar term among the 24 Chinese Solar terms and one of the earliest established in China. Over 2500 years ago in the Chunqiu Period (approximately 770 to 481 BCE), ancient observers determined the timing of the Winter Solstice using sundials, placing it between December 22nd and 23rd when the sun’s celestial longitude reaches 270°.
“Major Snow”(DaXue), the 21st solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar, marks the official onset of mid-winter, usually falling around November 22nd or 23rd when the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 255 degrees.
Minor Snow(XiaoXue), the 20th solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar, marks the beginning of winter.