Shuangjiang, or Frost's Descent, the 18th of the 24 solar terms on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on October 23 this year. It is the last solar term of the autumn season, which marks the end of autumn and the beginning of winter as temperatures drop sharply across China. The first frost makes its appearance in the country's northern regions. Tradition has it that Chinese people take time to savor the scenery of late autumn and the blooming chrysanthemums.

Song of a Southern Country to Governor Xu on Mountain-Climbing Day

By Su Shi (Song Dynasty)

Tr. Xu Yuanchong

The tide flows out after the fall of frost,

From rippling green water a beach of sand will rise.

The soughing wind softens, the vigor of wine is lost,

When blows the breeze,

My sympathetic hat won't leave my head with ease.

How shall we pass the holiday?

Wine cup in hand, we may send autumn away.

Everything will end in dreams,

It seems

Tomorrow fallen blooms will sadden butterflies.

Source: CGTN

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