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Solar Terms & Seasons
二十四节气
Seasonal time in painting and custom—Beginning of Summer loquats, winter pheasants, and the calendar of classical art.
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Eating melons across dynasties in Chinese folk art
Great Heat and melons—cooling fruit as a long motif in folk art and excavated relics.
Image Stone
Summer Solstice coolness in carved Chinese paper-cuts
The 24 solar terms in folk art—Summer Solstice cut into cool patterns of carved paper.
Solar Terms & Seasons
Grain in Ear in brick, stone, and woodblock art
The solar term through farming pictures—folk art on bricks, stones, and woodblocks.
Taipei Palace Museum
Lantern Festival nights in the Qing imperial capital
Viewing lanterns in the Qing capital—court spectacle and street light across the festival night.
Solar Terms & Seasons
Frost’s Descent: night frost and red parasol trees
The twenty-four solar terms at Frost’s Descent—clear frost by night, leaves turning red.
Twenty-four solar terms
Cold Dew: chrysanthemums and autumn elegance
Cold Dew in the solar terms—autumn chrysanthemums and dew that catches their crisp light.
Bailu
White Dew: cool autumn wind and southbound geese
White Dew nights—cool wind, geese in formation, and grapes ripening toward the equinox.
Solar Terms & Seasons
Minor Heat: warm winds and households drying sunflowers
Xiaoshu with Yuan Zhen—warm wind, noisy bamboo rain, and sunflowers drying in every yard.
Solar Terms & Seasons
The 24 Solar Terms | Summer Solstice: Enjoying Lotuses by the Waterside, and Living in the Mountains
Summer Solstice habits: lotus by the water, melon season, and mountain retreats.
peony
Scenery 24 Solar Terms · Grain Rain | Yellow Rain Season in Jiangnan, Enjoy Peonies and Spring Tea
Grain Rain in Jiangnan: peonies, spring tea, and yellow mist closing the spring calendar.
Qingming
Qingming: willow, outing, and kites in the spring breeze
Qingming beyond tombs—willow, cuju, and kites in documents and classical paintings.
winter solstice
Winter Solstice: tea around the stove in palace painting
Winter Solstice in Forbidden City paintings—bamboo stove, boiling soup, and red warmth indoors.