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Vernal Equinox Day (春分の日, Shunbun no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan that occurs on the date of the Northward equinox in Japan Standard Time (the vernal equinox can occur on different dates in different time-zones), usually March 20 or 21. The date of the holiday is not officially declared until February of the previous year, due to ...
The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms (节气, literally "climatic segments"), and the vernal equinox (Chūnfēn, Chinese and Japanese: 春分; Korean: 춘분; Vietnamese: Xuân phân) marks the middle of the spring. In this context, the Chinese character 分 means "(equal) division" (within a season).
The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. [1] Chūnfēn, Shunbun, Chunbun, or Xuân phân is the 4th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 0° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 15°.
Qín (秦) is a common Chinese surname. "Qin" is the hanyu pinyin romanization of the surname for Mandarin, the common dialect of China; other romanizations of the surname include Chin and Jin in Mandarin, Ceon and Cheun in Cantonese, and Tần (or Tan when commonly written without accent in ASCII) in Vietnamese.
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Yang's name "Shuang-zi" is a pen name meaning "twins". Yang, named Yang Jo-tzu (杨若慈; 楊若慈; Yáng ruòcí), grew up mostly interested in writing literature, whereas her twin sister, Yang Jo-hui (杨若晖; 楊若暉; Yáng ruòhuī), was more interested in historical research and translation; Yang Jo-hui died of cancer in 2015, after which Yang Jo-tzu adopted the name "Shuang-zi" for ...
Collectively, the "2 Immortals He and He", with names meaning "Harmony" and "Union". He: 合 Qin Shubao: 秦叔寶 Tang generals whose image was ordered placed upon gates by the Great Ancestor of the Tang ("Emperor Taizong") Yuchi Gong: 尉遲恭 Sun Bin: 孫臏 Warring-States generals; worshipped in parts of Shaanxi. Pang Juan: 龐涓 Bai Qi ...
The list is based on Atlas Comparing Chinese and Western Star Maps and Catalogues by Yi Shitong (1981) and Star Charts in Ancient China by Chen Meidong (1996). In a few cases, meanings of the names are vague due to their antiquity. [6] In this article, the translation by Hong Kong Space Museum is used.