Lixia

'''''' () is the 7th solar term according to the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, which divides a year into 24 solar terms ().

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'''' () is the 7th solar term according to the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, which divides a year into 24 solar terms ().

It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 45° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 60°. The word Lixia'' most often refers specifically to the first day of this period, the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 45°. In the Gregorian calendar, this is around May 5, and the Lixia period ends with the beginning of the next solar term, Xiaoman, around May 21.