Natural Chinese

小寒 is the 23rd solar term, it has a meaning of “Slight cold”.

The Winter Solstice is the 22nd solar term,  it’s called 冬至. 数九寒冬, people celebrate 冬至 by eating dumplings, it’s a very important day today.

The Heavy Snow which is called 大雪（dà xuě）is the third solar term in winter.

Today’s November 22nd, the 20th solar term, called 小雪（xiǎo xuě）, it means The Light Snow.   The temperature in most of the Northern China begins to fall below zero degrees celsius gradually. during this period, snow begins to fall, but the amount is not heavy, that’s why it’s called Light Snow.   There’s one things […]

Today is the 19th solar term which is called The beginning of winter 立冬 （lì dōng）, the water in the river will start to frozen in most part of Northern China.   Every season has it’s unique custom and beauty, it’s said that from now on, one should eat well such as meat or fish […]

Frost descent/霜降（shuāng jiàng） is the 18th solar term of the year and also the last one in autumn.   During this period, people like to eat persimmons/柿子（shì zǐ） which can help them resist cold and protect their bones. Related: Seasons and the solar terms/季节和节气

The Double Ninth Day is called 重阳节（chóng yáng jié） in Chinese, for people celebrate it on the 9th of September according to lunar calendar,  it’s not as important as other festivals such as Mid-autumn Day or Spring festival, but people also like it and give wishes to bothers and elderly people. 九（jiǔ：number 9）has the same […]

今天是阳历 10月8日，寒露（Hán lù）is the 17th solar term of the 24. 寒 means cold, the temperature continually goes down,  the maple tree leaves are gonna turn red and fall, and the beautiful flower called 菊花（ jú huā）/chrysanthemum is about to blossom, the yellow/黄色（huáng sè） and red/红色（hóng sè） color of autumn is coming back, are you ready?   […]

Happy Mid Autumn Day! 中秋节快乐！（Zhōng qiū jié kuài lè） Mid Autumn Day is an important festival for Chinese people, we have three days off to enjoy it, it’s a day to get family members together to celebrate the harvest/丰收（fēng shōu）and family reunion/团圆（tuán yuán）, in some areas, there is a ritual to worship the moon with some […]

Today is September 23rd, the 16th solar term day which is called 秋分（Qiū fēn） in Chinese, the sun reaches almost right above the equator, so the day and night shares the same length in a lot areas, so does the Yin and Yang.   In China, 秋分 means the end of summer and the true […]