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The solar term at 300° of solar longitude.
Also known as: Major Cold solar term
The Chinese solar term beginning when the sun reaches 300° of ecliptic longitude, around 20 January.
Marks the last term of the year, at 300 degrees of ecliptic longitude.
Contexts: History, Public information
Closes the ring immediately before the spring opener, so the twenty-four form a cycle with no gap and no starting point in the notation itself; where a list of them begins is a choice by whoever is writing it out.
Contexts: History, Public information
A written character pair set against a division of the year, marked on a Chinese calendar at the point the sun reaches 300° of ecliptic longitude.