{"id":275,"date":"2019-10-23T13:53:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T19:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learnjapanese.best\/?p=275"},"modified":"2020-12-14T18:55:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T18:55:16","slug":"%e4%ba%8c%e5%8d%81%e5%9b%9b%e7%af%80%e6%b0%97-24-terms-to-denote-the-changing-of-the-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japanesecomplete.com\/articles\/?p=275","title":{"rendered":"\u4e8c\u5341\u56db\u7bc0\u6c17 24 Terms to Denote the Changing of the Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-huge-font-size\">Twenty-four Seasonal Atmospheres<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:72px\">\u4e8c\u5341\u56db\u7bc0\u6c17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"859\" src=\"http:\/\/articles.japanesecomplete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/plants_for_the_four_seasons_by_nukina_kaioku_honolulu_museum_of_art_13179.1-4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-279\"\/><figcaption>&#8216;Plants for the Four Seasons&#8217; by Nukina Kaioku (\u8cab\u540d \u6d77\u5c4b)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:19px\">Japan&#8217;s seasonal appreciation in clear through art and things like haiku, but  <strong>did you know that there are 24 specific terms for each &#8220;seasonal atmosphere?&#8221;<\/strong>  We rendered it as  &#8220;seasonal atmosphere&#8221; because there is no term in English equal to \u7bc0\u6c17 but the ideograms are fairly reminiscent of the idea \u7bc0 as &#8220;Seasonal&#8221; and \u6c17 as &#8220;Atmos.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"304\" src=\"http:\/\/articles.japanesecomplete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/screen-shot-2019-10-23-at-11.31.49.png?w=642\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287\"\/><figcaption>As separated by season on the left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\">\u6625 &#8220;Spring&#8221; <br>    \u7acb\u6625 First Day of Spring (~February 6)<br>     \u96e8\u6c34 Rain Water (~February 19)<br>     \u5553\u87c4 Awakening of Insects (~March 6)<br>     \u6625\u5206 Vernal Equinox (~March 19)<br>     \u6e05\u660e  Clear and Bright (~April 4)<br>     \u7a40\u96e8 Grain Rain (~April 19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\"><br> \u590f &#8220;Summer&#8221;<br>    \u7acb\u590f  First Day of Summer (~May 5)<br>     \u5c0f\u6e80 Small Full Grain (~May 20)<br>     \u8292\u7a2e Grain in Ear (~June 5)<br>     \u590f\u81f3 Summer Solstice (~June 21)<br>     \u5c0f\u6691 Minor Heat (~July 6)<br>     \u5927\u6691 Major Heat (~July 22)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\"><br> \u79cb &#8220;Autumn&#8221;<br>    \u7acb\u79cb &#8220;First Day of Autumn&#8221; (~August 7)<br>     \u51e6\u6691 The Heat Limit (heralds cooler weather) (~ August 23)<br>     \u767d\u9732 White Dew (~ September 7)<br>     \u79cb\u5206 Autumnal Equinox (~ September 22)<br>     \u5bd2\u9732 Cold Dew (~ October 8)<br>     \u971c\u964d Frost Descent (~ October 23)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fun note: Today is Oct 23 and it totally snowed today! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u971c\u964d\u3000Sou-kou \u305d\u3046\u3053\u3046\u3000also sounds like &#8220;So cold!&#8221; haha, a nice mnemonic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\"><br> \u51ac &#8220;Winter&#8221;<br>    \u7acb\u51ac &#8220;First Day of Winter&#8221; (~ November 7)<br>     \u5c0f\u96ea Minor Snow (~ November 22)<br>     \u5927\u96ea Major Snow (~ December 7)<br>     \u51ac\u81f3 Winter Solstice (~ December 21)<br>     \u5c0f\u5bd2 Minor Cold (~ January 5)<br>     \u5927\u5bd2 Major Cold (~ January 20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u4e2d\u56fd\uff0c\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u592a\u9670\u592a\u967d\u66a6\u3067\u66a6\u65e5\u3068\u5b63\u7bc0\u3092\u5408\u308f\u305b\u308b\u305f\u3081\u306b\u8a2d\u3051\u305f\uff0c12\u500b\u306e\u4e2d\u6c17\u306812\u500b\u306e\u7bc0\u6c17\u306e\u7dcf\u79f0\u3067\uff0c\u4e8c\u5341\u56db\u6c17\u307e\u305f\u306f\u5358\u306b\u7bc0\u6c17\u3068\u3082\u3044\u3046\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Both China and Japan use the Lunisolar Calendar, expressing the middle climates and 12 main climates, it is sometimes abbreviated to &#8220;The 24 Atmospheres.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2688\" height=\"2264\" src=\"http:\/\/articles.japanesecomplete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/lunisolar-cal.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-285\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nukina_Kaioku\">Learn more about the artist Nukina Kaioku at Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/japanesecomplete.com\/articles\/?p=83\">Next, Read &#8220;To Learn Japanese, You Need a Rocketship.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-four Seasonal Atmospheres \u4e8c\u5341\u56db\u7bc0\u6c17 Japan&#8217;s seasonal appreciation in clear through art and things like haiku, but did you know that there are 24 specific terms for each &#8220;seasonal atmosphere?&#8221; We rendered it as &#8220;seasonal atmosphere&#8221; because there is no term in English equal to \u7bc0\u6c17 but the ideograms are fairly reminiscent of the idea \u7bc0<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/japanesecomplete.com\/articles\/?p=275\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;\u4e8c\u5341\u56db\u7bc0\u6c17 24 Terms to Denote the Changing of the Seasons&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,73,166,255,262,312,300,302,310,51],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u4e8c\u5341\u56db\u7bc0\u6c17 24 Terms to Denote the Changing of the Seasons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"24 terms to denote the changing of the seasons in Japan. 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