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Show CHINESE FESTIVALS, 1913 (Movable and Fixed Feasts) Moon XI XII XII XII I I I 11 II III IV IV IV V V V V VI VI VI VII VII VII VIII VIII VIII VIII IX IX IX X X X XI XI Day 29th 14 th 2ISt 29th 14th 15th 29th 14th 29th 15th 1st n th 17 th 2nd 5th 15th 18th 5th 6th 20th 7 th 15th 23rd 8th 15th 24th 27th 9 th 10th 25th n t h 15th 26th n t h 25th Slight Cold .. Great Cold Birthday of Celestial Dragon Beginning of Spring Rain Water .. Feast of Lanterns.. Excited Insects Vernal Equinox .. Pure Brightness .. Corn Rain Beginning of Summer Anniversary of death of Confucius Small Fulness.. Sprouting Seeds .. Dragon Boat Festival Formation of Heaven and Earth .. Summer Solstice .. Slight Heat .. .. Feast of Hcaveulv Gifts . . . . .'. Great Heat Beginning of Autumn Spirits' Festival .. Stopping of Heat .. White Dew Mid-Autumn Festival Autumnal Equinox Birthday of Confucius Chung Yang Festival Cold Dew • .. Frost's Descent Beginning of Winter Hsia Yuen Festival Slight Snow .". Great Snow Winter Solstice Hsiao-han Ta-han T'ien-lung-tan Li-ch'un Yu-shui Shang-yuan-chieh Ching-che Ch'un-fen Ch'ing-ming Ku-yu Li-hsia Sheng-tsu-jih Hsiao-man Mang-chung T'ien-chung-chieh T'ien-ti-tsao-hua Hsia-chih Hsiao-shu T'ien-k'uang-ch ieh Ta-shu Li-ch'iu Chung-yuan-chieh- Ch'u-shu Pai-lu Chung-ch'iu-chieh Ch'iu-fen Sheng-tan-chieh Ch'ungyang-jih Han-lu Shuang-chiang Li-tung Hsia-yiian-chieh Hsiao-hsiieh Ta-hsiieh Tung-chih For Thermometers and Obstetrical Table see end of Diary. »9i3 Shrove Tuesday, February 4 Ash Wednesday, February 5 1st Sunday in Lent, February 9 Palm Sunday, March 16 Good Friday, March 21 Easter Sunday, March 23 Ascension Day, May 1 Whit Sunday, May n Trinity Sunday, May 18 Corpus Christi, May 22 Jewish New Year, October 2 1st Sunc'ay in Advent, Nov. 30 1914 Shrove Tuesday, February 24 Ash Wednesday, February 25 Good Friday, April 10 Faster Sunday, April 12 Whit Sunday, May 31 Jewish New Year, September 21 |