The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Autumn, (Chinese: 立秋), the 13th solar term of the year, begins this year on Aug 7 and ends on Aug 22.
The position of the Earth when a certain solar term is used, as well as its climate features, are considered the elements of "heaven", while those of "Earth" are represented by animal activities, plant growth and farming.
Chloe Garcia Roberts, managing editor at Harvard Review, has completed her translation of the works of Chinese poet Li Shangyin (813-58) and the book will debut this month.
A child-friendly version of A Dream of Red Mansions has just been released.
To share insights on China's new developmental philosophy and further promote Chinese culture, the 2018 Symposium on China Studies was held last week and followed by a cultural tour in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province.
The first cross-Straits study camp for Guoxue(or Traditional Chinese Studies) wrapped up on July 30 in Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone, the Chinese mainland’s closest neighbor of Taiwan. At the closing ceremony，students from across the Taiwan Straits demonstrated their learning outcomes over the past five days, exchanged contacts and gifts and promised another gathering some day.
The time-honored Ciming Opera once again performed its melody in a clan temple of Pingtan International Tourism Island, Southeast China’s Fujian Province.
Major Heat, the 12th solar term of the year, begins this year on July 23 and ends August 6.
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