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The solar term at 315° of solar longitude.
Also known as: Start of Spring solar term
The Chinese solar term beginning when the sun reaches 315° of ecliptic longitude, around 4 February.
Marks the beginning of spring in the Chinese seasonal reckoning, at 315 degrees of ecliptic longitude.
Contexts: History, Public information
Opened the year in several historical Chinese reckonings and still does in the sexagenary year used for astrology, which is why a person born in late January may be assigned the previous animal: the zodiac year turns at this term and not at the lunar New Year.
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 315° of ecliptic longitude.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.