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The solar term at 60° of solar longitude.
Also known as: Grain Buds solar term
The Chinese solar term beginning when the sun reaches 60° of ecliptic longitude, around 21 May.
Marks the point at which the grain is filling but not yet full, at 60 degrees of ecliptic longitude.
Contexts: History, Public information
Has no matching Damaan, or greater fullness, although almost every other paired term in the set has its greater and lesser halves; the asymmetry is remarked on within the tradition itself and is usually explained as a reluctance to name a harvest before it is in.
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 60° of ecliptic longitude.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.