Thursday, January 21, 2016

2016.1.21

It was fine but cold.

Today is daikan (大寒) one of nijyushisekki (二十四節季), the 24 solar terms.  The last one was shokan (小寒) on January 6, and the next one is risshun (立春) on February 4.
Daikan literally means big cold and this is  the coldest season of the year.
Between shokan and risshun is called kan no uchi (寒の内), which means in the cold.

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