When is Frost Descent in 2021? What does the word "jiang" in "shuangjiang" mean?

When is Frost Descent in 2021? What does the word "jiang" in "shuangjiang" mean?
Frost Descent is one of the 24 solar terms. So, let’s take a look at which day is Frost Descent in 2021? What does the word "jiang" in "shuangjiang" mean? Time always flies fast, and in the blink of an eye it is already the ninth month of the lunar calendar. The ninth month of the lunar calendar is the last month of autumn. If you want to know more about the ninth month of the lunar calendar, please follow Mr. Shui Mo’s website!

When is Frost Descent in 2021?

The Frost Descent solar term is from October 23rd to 24th in the Gregorian calendar.
The 2021 Frost Descent solar term is: October 23, 2021, Saturday, Scorpio (solar calendar); September 18, 2021, lunar calendar (lunar calendar)
The "Shuangjiang" solar term is the eighteenth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms. The appearance of the Frost Descent solar term indicates that the weather is gradually getting colder and the first frost is beginning to appear.
The Frost Descent solar term is the last solar term in autumn, and it marks the beginning of the scene described in Su Shi’s poem: "Thousands of trees are swept into yellow, only the lotus is fragrant alone."

What does the word "jiang" in "shuangjiang" mean?

The meaning of "jiang" in "shuangjiang" is: to fall
There is dew in the morning and evening starting from the White Dew solar term. The dew is cold during the Cold Dew solar term. The temperature drops during the Frost Descent solar term. The water vapor in the air condenses into hexagonal frost flowers when it is close to the ground. The frost flowers stick to plants or the ground when they are close to them, making them look like they are wrapped in icicles.
The arrival of the Frost Descent solar term means that the weather will become colder and the dew will condense into frost.
In the Explanation of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms, it is recorded that "when the weather is cold and frost falls, the yin begins to condense."
According to the analysis of the meaning of "Explanation of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms", the Frost Descent solar term means that the weather is gradually getting colder and frost begins to fall.
From a meteorological point of view, the first frost in autumn is generally called "early frost" or "first frost", and the last frost in spring is called "late frost" or "final frost". The period from the last frost to the first frost is the frost-free period. Some people also call the early frost "chrysanthemum frost", because chrysanthemums are in full bloom at this time. Su Shi, a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, wrote a poem: "Thousands of trees are swept into yellow, only the lotus is fragrant alone."

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