Traditional snack for Qingming Festival and spring memories...

Qingming Festival is also called Cold Food Festival. In China, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival are four traditional festivals. It is a time for Chinese people to miss their ancestors. On this day, people eat cold food instead of cooking by fire....

Grain in Ear

The Grain in Ear falls on June 5, 6 or 7. Wheat and barley are fully ripe at this time, while lots of other crops are ready to be sown. This is the busiest time for farmers, as they sow and reap at the same time.When the Grain in Ear approaches, spring flowers have almost disappeared. In some parts...

Grain Buds

The Grain Buds falls on May 20, 21 or 22. In North China, "buds" means the fullness of grain, and the Grain Buds means that the grains are growing "full" but are not yet at their fullest. In South China, it indicates an abundance of rain. The period between this solar term and th...

Beginning of Summer

The Beginning of Summer falls on May 5 or 6. Together with the Beginning of Spring, the Beginning of Autumn, and the Beginning of Winter, these four solar terms, as their names imply, mark the beginning of each season. After the Beginning of Summer, trees exuberantly put out leaves, crops grow fast,...

Grain Rain

The Grain Rain falls in late spring between April 19 and 21. During this solar term, temperature rises and so does rainfall. It is hence a prime time for planting crops, especially bean and melon seeds. The warmer weather also enlivens marine life, bringing many closer to the shore. Fishermen in Chi...

Pure Brightness

The Pure Brightness, whose name refers to weather, falls on April 4 5 or 6. lt marks the start of clear skies, bright sunshine, bird songs, splendid flowers, and leafy green trees. In brief, it is when nature revivifies.On the day of the Pure Brightness, people go to visit their family cemetery to m...

Spring Equinox

The Spring Equinox arrives between March 20 and 21. By that time spring is half over. On this day, because the sun shines directly on the equator, it has equal daytime and nighttime hours. It's after this day that daytime in the Northern Hemisphere grows longer and nighttime gets proportionally...

Awakening of lnsects

The Awakening of lnsects usually falls on March 5 or 6. As the name suggests, it denotes the sudden awakening of animals that have been hibernating in caves and burrows throughout the winter by spring thunder. Chinese ancients made various sacrifices to the God of Thunder to pray for favorable weath...

Rain Water

The Rain Water falls on February 18,19,or 20. The implication of this solar term is the warmer weather the rain bodes which invigorates all forms of life. Traditional Chinese medicine recommends warm winter wear in spring even though the temperature rises, becauise the volatile spring weather can pl...