FESTIVALS, ANNIVERSARIES, &c.
Epiphany. Septuagesima.... Ash Wednesday.. Good Friday...
Jan.
6
Ascension day..
May 29
Feb. 16
Whit Sunday.
June 8
March 5
Trinity Sunday.
June 15
April 18
Accession of Victoria
June 20
Easter Sunday...
April
20
1st Sunday in Advent.
Nov. 30
THE TWENTY-FOUR
CHINESE SOLAR TERMS, CALLED TSIEH.
Jan.
5.
Jan. 20.
Siáu-hán, ‘little cold.' Tá-hán, ' great cold.'
Sun 15° in Capricorn.
Feb. Feb. 19.
4.
Lih-ch'un, 'spring begins.' Yü-shwui, 'rain and water.'
in Aquarius.
Pisces.
Mar. 6.
6.
King-chih, insects excited.'
Mar. 21.
Ch'un-fan, vernal equinox.'
in Aries.
April 5.
Tsing-ming, 'clear and bright.'
April 20.
Kuh-yü, ‘grain rain.’
in Taurus.
May 5.
Lih-hiá, ‘summer begins.'
May 21.
Siau-mwán, 'grain a little full.'
in Gemini.
June 5.
June 21. A 4
Mang-chung, ‘grain spiked.’ Hiá-chí, ‘summer solstice.
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in Cancer.
July 7.
Siáu-shú, 'little heat.'
July 23.
Aug. 8.
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Tá-shú, ‘great heat.'
in Leo.
Aug. 23.
處署
Sep. 8.
Sep. 23.
Ts'iú-fan, ‘autumnal equinox.'
Oct. 8.
Hán-lú, 'cold dew.’
Oct. 23.
Nov. 7.
Lih-tung, 'winter begins.'
Lih-tsiú, ‘autumn begins.'
Chú-shú, ' cessation of heat.'
Peh-lú, ' white dew.’
Shwáng-kiáng, 'frost descends.'
in Virgo.
in Libra.
in Scorpio.
Nov. 22.
Siíu-siueh, ‘little snow.'
Dec. 7.
Tá-siueh, 'great snow.'
in Sagittarius.
Dec. 27.
Tung-chi, ' winter solstice.' Sun enters Capricorn.