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The solar term at 270° of solar longitude.
Also known as: Winter Solstice solar term
The Chinese solar term beginning when the sun reaches 270° of ecliptic longitude, around 22 December.
Marks the winter solstice, the sun's southernmost point, at 270 degrees of ecliptic longitude.
Contexts: History, Public information
Is the term the whole scheme was historically counted from, and it remains a family festival across China, Korea and Japan; the Chinese lunisolar calendar is still anchored by the rule that this term must fall in the eleventh month, which is what decides where a leap month goes.
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 270° of ecliptic longitude.