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The solar term at 135° of solar longitude.
Also known as: Start of Autumn solar term
The Chinese solar term beginning when the sun reaches 135° of ecliptic longitude, around 7 August.
Marks the beginning of autumn in the Chinese seasonal reckoning, at 135 degrees of ecliptic longitude.
Contexts: History, Public information
Arrives while the weather is still at its hottest across most of China, and the tradition has a name for the gap — the autumn tiger, for the heat that persists after autumn has formally begun.
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 135° of ecliptic longitude.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.