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Epiphany.

FESTIVALS, ANNIVERSARIES, &c.

Jan.

6 | Ascension day....

211

Septuagesima 4076 7Jká

May

9

19

27. |! Whit Bunday T May 13 Trinity Sunday... May 26 March 29 Accession of Victoria, June 20

Ash Wednesday. Feb.

Good Friday.

1

...

Easter Sunday: .... March 31st Sunday in Advent. Dec.

CHINESE TERMS, CALLED TSIEH.

Janu-himple cold? [!]

1

Fff in Caprigarn,

Jan. 20.

Tá-hán, great cold.! - i

Feb. 4h-chen,

Lah-ch'un, “spring (begins'

A

in Aquarius.

Feb 19.

Yü-shwui, “rain and water.'

,

in Pistel. |

Mat. 6

King-chin, "insects excited.'

Mar. 21:

April 5.

April 20,

20穀

May 5. May 21: |

June

June 21

夏谋

qu'un-fan, 'vernal equinox.' INT. Tsing-ming, clear and bright. (f! Kuh-y-grain rai

Luh-hiá, summer begins. Shu-mwin, grain a little full,

de

Mang-chung, grain spiked.'

diá-chit summer solstice."

in GémíД.

61-! in Cancer

in Abies.

AT

in Taurus.

5

July 1. /

Shu-shë, ‘fatle heat.'

July 23. ★

Tá-shú, 'great heat.

in Lea T

Aug. 8.

Bih-tsiú, autumn begins.'

Aug. 23.

Gau-shú, cessation of heat.'

Sep. 8

in Vargo.

Peh-lú,' white dew..-i

Sep.

23

Oct. 8.

Han-lú, 'cold dew.” - ¦

Oct. 23.

Nov. 7.

- Nov. 22.

Dec. 7.

Dec. 27.

Ts'iú-fan, antumnal equinox.'

'

Shwing-kiáng, frost descends.'

"

Lih-tung, winter begins.talii € Situ-sinèh, “little snow.!.

Tá-siuch, ‘great know.'...

in Libra.

T

in Scorpio.

1

in Sagittarius.

Tung-chí, 'winter solstice,' enters Capricorn.

D.27. f solstice,’

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