FESTIVALS, ANNIVERSARIES, &c.
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Ascension day....
Jan. 6
Feb. 20
Whit Sunday..
March. 8
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April. 21
Trinity Sunday....
June
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Accession of Victoria, June 20
Epiphany. Septuagesima... Ash Wednesday. Good Friday,...
Easter Sunday.......
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23 Ist Sunday in advent. Dec.
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CHINESE TERMS.
Jan. 6.
Siáu-hán, ‘little cold,'
15° in Capricorn.
Jan. 21.
Tá-hán, ‘great cold,'
Feb. 4.
Lih-ch'un, ‘spring begins,'
in Aquarius.
Feb. 19.
Yüi-shwui, ‘rain and water,
in Pisces.
Mar. 5.
Kin-chih, ‘insects excited,'
Mar. 20.Ch'un-fan ‘vernal equinox,'
in Aries.
Apr. 4.
Tsing-ming, ‘clear & bright,'
Apr. 20.
Kuh-yü, ‘grain-rain,'
in Taurus.
May. 5.
Lih-hi.t, ‘summer begins,'
May. 21.
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Siáou-mwán, ‘grain a lit. full,'
in Gemini.
June. 5.
June 21.
Mang-chung, ‘grain spiked,'
1 Hiá-chí, ‘summer solstice,
in Cancer.
July 6.
Siáou-shú, 'little heat,'
July 23.
Tá-shú, 'great heat,'
in Leo.
Aug. 8.
Lih-tsiú, ‘autumn begins,’
Aug. 24.
Chú-shú, 'cessation of heat,'
Sep. 8.
Sep. 24.
Oct. 9.
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Oct. 24.
Peh-lú, 'white dew,'
Ts'iú-fan, ‘autunnal equinox,' Hán-lú, ‘cold dew,'
Shwáng kiáng, frost descends,'
in Virgo.
in Libra.
in Scorpio.
Nov. 8.
Lih-tung, ‘winter begins,'
Nov. 23.
Siau-siueh, 'little snow,'
in Sagittarius.
Dec. 8.
Tá-siueh, 'great snow,'
Dec. 27.
Tung-chi, 'winter solstice,'
enters Capricorn.