Lidong

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Lidong

Nineteenth solar term of traditional East Asian calendars

The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. Lìdōng, Rittō, Ipdong, or Lập đông (Chinese and Japanese: 立冬; pinyin: lìdōng; rōmaji: rittō; Korean: 입동; romaja: ipdong; Vietnamese: lập đông; "start of winter") is the 19th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 225° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 240°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 225°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around November 7 and ends around November 22.[1]

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Lidong signifies the beginning of winter in East Asian cultures.[2]

Pentads

  • 水始冰, 'Water begins to freeze' – the initial stages of water bodies freezing over.
  • 地始凍, 'The earth begins to harden'
  • 雉入大水為蜃, 'Pheasants enter the water for clams'

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References

  1. [1]
    Guo, Rongxing (February 6, 2017). An Economic Inquiry into the Nonlinear Behaviors of Nations: Dynamic Developments and the Origins of Civilizations. Springer. pp. 160–161. ISBN 978-3-319-48772-4.
  2. [2]
    Martzloff, Jean-Claude (September 1, 2016). Astronomy and Calendars – The Other Chinese Mathematics: 104 BC - AD 1644. Springer. p. 64. ISBN 978-3-662-49718-0.
Preceded by
Shuangjiang (霜降)
 Solar term (節氣) Succeeded by
Xiaoxue (小雪)
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