Seasonal Terms[1]
Traditionally, the Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms.
Grain in Ear
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 芒種 |
• Hangeul: 망종 |
• RR: Mangjong |
• MR: Mangjong |
• Pinyin: Mángzhòng |
Definition
Summer Solstice
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 夏至 |
• Hangeul: 하지 |
• RR: Haji |
• MR: Haji |
• Pinyin: Xiàzhì |
Autumn Equinox
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 秋分 |
• Hangeul: 추분 |
• RR: Chubun |
• MR: Ch'ubun |
• Pinyin: Qiūfēn |
White Dew
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 白露節 |
• Hangeul: 백로절 |
• RR: Baengnojeol |
• MR: Paengnojŏl |
• Pinyin: Báilù |
Four seasons
Spring
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 春 |
• Hangeul: 봄 |
• RR: Bom |
• MR: Pom |
• Pinyin: Chūn |
Summer
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 夏 |
• Hangeul: 여름 |
• RR: Yeoreum |
• MR: Yŏrŭm |
• Pinyin: Xià |
Autumn
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 秋 |
• Hangeul: 가을 |
• RR: Gaeul |
• MR: Kaŭl |
Winter
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 冬 |
• Hangeul: 겨울 |
• RR: Gyeoul |
• MR: Kyŏul |
• Pinyin: Dōng |
Other time-related terms
Autumn harvest
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 秋收 |
• Hangeul: 가을에 수확한정월 |
First lunar month
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 正月 |
• Hangeul: 정월 |
• RR: Jeongwol |
• MR: Chŏngwŏl |
• Pinyin: Zhēngyuè |
Following year
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 明年 |
• Hangeul: 이듬해 |
• RR: Ideumhae |
• MR: Idŭmhae |
• Pinyin: Míngnián |
Last month of the lunar year
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 臘月 |
• Hangeul: 섣달, 납월 |
• RR: Seotdal, Nabwol |
• MR: Sŏttal, Nabwŏl |
• Pinyin: Làyuè |
Middle of the month
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 望 |
• Hangeul: 보름 |
• RR: Boreum |
• MR: Porŭm |
• Pinyin: Wàng |
Alternate English Terms |
• 15th day of the lunar month, day of the full moon |
Winter months
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 冬月 |
• Hangeul: 한 겨울 동안 |
• Pinyin: Dōngyuè |
Alternate English Terms |
• eleventh lunar month |
First week
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 上旬 |
• Hangeul: 상순 |
• RR: Sangsun |
• MR: Sangsun |
• Pinyin: Shàngxún |
Second week
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 中旬 |
• Hangeul: 중순 |
• RR: Jungsun |
• MR: Chungsun |
• Pinyin: Zhōngxún |
Third week
Basic Info |
• Hanja: 下旬 |
• Hangeul: 하순 |
• RR: Hasun |
• MR: Hasun |
• Pinyin: Xiàxún |
Ten days after Autumn Equinox
Basic Info |
• Hanja: (秋分)後十日 |
• Hangeul: 추분 후 10일 |
Mangjong
Contributor: Kang Haewon
- English: Grain in Ear
- Chinese: 芒種
- Korean: 망종
Mangjong (Kor. 망종, Chin. 芒種, lit. bearded grain) is the ninth of the twenty-four solar terms. Occurring between Soman (Kor. 소만, Chin. 小滿, Beginning of Grain Ripening) and Haji (Kor. 하지, Chin. 夏至, Summer Solstice), Mangjong usually falls during the fifth month on the lunar calendar and happens around June sixth on the Gregorian calendar. The sun reaches the celestial longitude of 75 degrees on this day. As suggested by its name, Mangjong indicates the appropriate time to harvest the first crop and sow the second of bearded grains such as rice and barley.[3]
White Dew
- English: White Dew
- Chinese:白露
- Korean:백로
White Dewis one of the twenty-four solar terms. According to the Gregorian calendar, it falls around September 9th, and according to the lunar calendar, White Dew usually falls in the eighth month.[4]
Autumn Equinox
- English: Autumn Equinox
- Chinese:秋分
- Korean:추분
Autumn Equinox is one of the twenty-four solar terms. It occurs after White Dew 白露, and it falls, according to the Gregorian calendar, around September twenty-third, and according to the lunar calendar, it usually falls in the eight-month.
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- ↑ [1]
- ↑ China Highlights. The 24 solar terms [2]
- ↑ "Bearded Grain", Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture, National Folk Museum of Korea.
- ↑ "White Dew", Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture, National Folk Museum of Korea.
- ↑ "Autumn Equinox", Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture, National Folk Museum of Korea.