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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.