24 MUSIM KECIL · 24
입춘
立春 · Start of Spring
The first solar term of the year: spring officially begins.
- 우수雨水Snow turns to rain and ice begins to thaw.
- 경칩驚蟄Frogs and insects stir from winter sleep.
- 춘분春分Day and night are about the same length.
- 청명淸明The sky turns clear and bright; trees are planted.
- 곡우穀雨Spring rain that helps grain grow.
- 입하立夏Summer officially begins.
- 소만小滿Plants fill out and grow lush.
- 망종芒種Time to harvest barley and plant rice.
- 하지夏至The longest day of the year.
- 소서小暑The heat begins in earnest.
- 대서大暑The hottest time of the year.
- 입추立秋Autumn officially begins — though it's still hot.
- 처서處暑The summer heat begins to fade.
- 백로白露Dew forms white on the grass.
- 추분秋分Day and night are about equal again; nights then grow longer.
- 한로寒露Dew turns cold.
- 상강霜降The first frost appears.
- 입동立冬Winter officially begins.
- 소설小雪The first light snow falls.
- 대설大雪Heavy snow is expected.
- 동지冬至The longest night of the year.
- 소한小寒The cold deepens.
- 대한大寒The last solar term: the end of the cold season.