上巳節

Chinese

festival; section; segment
festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
 
trad. (上巳節) 上巳 節
simp. (上巳节) 上巳 节

Etymology

The name comes from the original definition of the date of the festival: it used to be held on the 巳 (sì) day(a day of the ancient ten-day cycle, similar to the modern week) in the 上旬 (shàngxún, “first ten days of a month”) of the third lunar month. Since the Han dynasty, the date was shifted to the third day of the third lunar month.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

上巳節

  1. Double Third Festival

Synonyms

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