Jingzhe

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For the Chinese film or the anarchist newspaper, see Jingzhe (film) and Jingzhe (Chengdu).
Jingzhe
Chinese name
Hanyu Pinyin
jīng zhé
Bopomofoㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄜˊ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationgīng jaht
Jyutpingging1 zat6
Vietnamese nameVietnamese alphabetkinh trậpChữ Hán驚蟄Korean nameHangul경칩Hanja驚蟄Japanese nameKanji啓蟄Hiraganaけいちつ
Solar term
Term
Longitude
 Dates
Lichun 315° 4–5 February
Yushui 330° 18–19 February
Jingzhe 345° 5–6 March
Chunfen 0° 20–21 March
Qingming 15° 4–5 April
Guyu 30° 20–21 April
Lixia 45° 5–6 May
Xiaoman 60° 21–22 May
Mangzhong 75° 5–6 June
Xiazhi 90° 21–22 June
Xiaoshu 105° 7–8 July
Dashu 120° 22–23 July
Liqiu 135° 7–8 August
Chushu 150° 23–24 August
Bailu 165° 7–8 September
Qiufen 180° 23–24 September
Hanlu 195° 8–9 October
Shuangjiang 210° 23–24 October
Lidong 225° 7–8 November
Xiaoxue 240° 22–23 November
Daxue 255° 7–8 December
Dongzhi 270° 21–22 December
Xiaohan 285° 5–6 January
Dahan 300° 20–21 January

Jīngzhé, 惊蛰, is the 3rd of the 24

celestial longitude of 345° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 360°. More often, it refers to the day when the Sun is exactly at a celestial longitude of 345°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around March 5 and ends around March 20.[1][2]

The word 驚蟄 means the awakening of hibernating insects. 驚 is to startle and 蟄 means hibernating insects. Traditional Chinese folklore says that during Jingzhe, thunderstorms will wake up the hibernating insects, which implies that the weather is getting warmer.[3]

Pentads

Each solar term can be divided into 3 pentads (候). They are the first pentad (初候), the second pentad (次候), and the third pentad (末候): Pentads in Jingzhe are

China
Japan
  • First pentad:
    Romanisation
    : Chitchū kei to), 'Awakening of hibernating insects'.
  • Second pentad:
    Romanisation
    : Momo Hajime Emi), 'Peach trees start to bloom (smile)'.
  • Last pentad:
    Romanisation
    : Na mushi-ka chō), 'Caterpillars become butterflies'.

Date and time

Date and Time (UTC)
year begin end
辛巳 2001-03-05 12:32 2001-03-20 13:30
壬午 2002-03-05 18:27 2002-03-20 19:16
癸未 2003-03-06 00:04 2003-03-21 00:59
甲申 2004-03-05 05:55 2004-03-20 06:48
乙酉 2005-03-05 11:45 2005-03-20 12:33
丙戌 2006-03-05 17:28 2006-03-20 18:25
丁亥 2007-03-05 23:18 2007-03-21 00:07
戊子 2008-03-05 04:58 2008-03-20 05:48
己丑 2009-03-05 10:47 2009-03-20 11:43
庚寅 2010-03-05 16:46 2010-03-20 17:32
辛卯 2011-03-05 22:29 2011-03-20 23:20
壬辰 2012-03-05 04:21 2012-03-20 05:14
癸巳 2013-03-05 10:14 2013-03-20 11:01
甲午 2014-03-05 16:02 2014-03-20 16:57
乙未 2015-03-05 21:57 2015-03-20 22:48
丙申 2016-03-05 03:42 2016-03-20 04:30
丁酉 2017-03-05 09:32 2017-03-20 10:30
戊戌 2018-03-05 15:30 2018-03-20 16:24
己亥 2019-03-05 21:12 2019-03-20 22:06
庚子 2020-03-05 02:56 2020-03-20 03:54
Source: JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System

Related Topic

Cultural References

Lim Giong has an 2005 album titled Insects Awaken.

Jingzhe (film) is a 2004 Chinese film directed by Wang Quan'an.

References

  1. ^ "24 Solar Terms". Travel China Guide. Retrieved 12 September 2017. In 2017 ... The Waking of Insects (Jing Zhe) Mar. 5th Hibernating animals come to sense
  2. ISBN 978-0824821548
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  3. ^ Shu, Catherine (27 February 2009). "South Village welcomes spring with snacks — and an eye on environmental awareness". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
Preceded by
Yushui (雨水)
 Solar term (節氣) Succeeded by
Chunfen (春分)
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