A somewhat biased view on China…
Emilie has a nice post about the Seasons in China and how it differs from Europe. As the post is written in French, here is a short summary in English.
In Western Countries, we consider that the seasons starts at the solstices and equinoxes while in Asia they are are considered to be halfway through a season.
| Season in Europe | Season in China | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Date | Name | Date |
| Spring | March 21 | Lìchūn (立春) | February 4 |
| Summer | June 21 | Lìxià (立夏) | May 5 |
| Autumn | September 23 | Lìqiū (立秋) | August 7 |
| Winter | December 22 | Lìdōng (立冬) | November 7 |
Remark: These dates are given for 2007 and slightly vary (+/- 1 day) from year to year.
Sources:
Post on Emilie’s blog
Wikipedia
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February 6th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
thx for the trackback!!! To be more precise, Li Chun, Li Xia etc. should be read as “the first day of spring”; the first day of summer etc. The seasons names themselves are Chun Tian, Xia Tian, etc. Whereas Chun Jie (Jie= festival) stands for “spring festival”, aka Chinese New year festival!