#FMP Chinese 24 solar terms ‘Feb’

There are two terms in every month, Start of Spring and Rain Water are the terms in February.

一月(正月)

Start of Spring (4th Feb):

  • the ground began to thaw
  • the insects woke up slowly in the hole
  • the ice in the river began to melt
  • the fish began to swim up to the surface

立春

一候东风解冻

二候蜇虫始振

三候鱼陟负冰

 

Rain Water(19th Feb)

  • the otters are fishing
  • the geese began to fly back to north
  • the grass and trees began to sprout in the spring rain

雨水

一候獭祭鱼

二侯鸿雁来

三侯草木萌劝

 

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