Spring

Start of Feb. 3
The spring season begins.
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Rain Water Feb. 18 The amount of rainfall increases.
Insects Insects are awakening from winter sleep by the
Mar. 5
Awaken spring thunder.
Spring The mid-point for the spring season;
Mar. 20
Equinox Day and night are equally long on the day.
Pure It is warm, bright and everywhere gets green;
Apr. 4
Brightness It is also the time for tending graves.
Grain Rain Apr. 20 Rainfall increases which is helpful to grain crops.
Summer
May 5
Start of
The summer season begins.
Summer
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Grain Full May 20 Grains are getting plump but not ripe yet.
Wheat grows ripe marking the beginning of a busy
Grain in Ear Jun. 5
farming season.
Summer The sun altitude arrive the highest in north;
Jun. 21
Solstice It has the longest daytime of the year.  
Slight Heat Jul. 7 The hottest days are yet to come.
Great heat Jul. 22 The hottest time of a year.
Autumn
Start of Aug. 7
The autumn season begins.
Autumn (14:53:48)
The End of
Aug. 22 The hot summer is coming to an end and heat stops.
Heat
It is getting cooler and dewdrops appear on grass
White Dew Sep. 7
and trees in the morning.
The mid-point for the autumn season;
Autumn
Sep. 23 The temperature begins to decrease;
Equinox
Day and night are equally long on the day.
Cold Dew Oct. 8 The dews are becoming frost.
Frost appears and the temperature begins to
Frost Descent Oct. 23
descent.
Winter
Nov. 7
Start of
The winter season begins.
Winter
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It begins to snow but can't accumulate a lot on the
Light Snow Nov. 22
ground.
Heavy Snow Dec. 7 It begins to snow heavily.
It has the shortest daytime of a year;
After the day, many places in China go into the
Winter
Dec. 21 coldest period;
Solstice
People in northern China eat dumplings on the day
and sweet soup balls for the people in the South.
 Jan. 6, It is getting colder, but the coldest days are yet to
Lesser Cold
2021 come.
Jan. 20,
Greater Cold It is the coldest time of a year.
2021