Unofficial observance
Rain Water
Dates specified for each year
A solar term representing melting snow and signs of spring.
How did it begin?
The name refers to snow melting into rain or water. Falling between Start of Spring and Awakening of Insects, it expresses the easing cold and budding plants.
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