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The Twenty-Four Chinese Solar Terms Relating To The Plucking Of Tea
Pinyin English Western Calendar Lichun Spring Begins February 5 Yushui The Rains February 19 Jingzhe Insects Awaken March 5 Chunfen Spring Equinox March 20 Qingming Clear and Bright April 5 Guyu Grain Rain April 20 Lixia Summer Begins May 5 Xiaoman Grains Fill Out May 21 Mangzhong Grain in Ear June 6 Xiazhu Summer Solstice June 21 Xiaoshu Small Heat July 7 Dashu Great Heat July 23 Liqiu Autumn Begins August 7 Chushu Limit of Heat August 23 Bailu White Dew September 8 Qiufen Autumn Equinox September 23 Hanlu Cold Dew October 8 Shuangjiang Frost Descends October 23 Lidong Winter Begins November 7 Xiaoxue Small Snow November 22 Daxue Great Snow December 7 Dongzhi Winter Solstice December 21 Xiohan Small Cold January 6 Dahan Great Cold January 26
During the twenty-four solar periods, tea is being picked somewhere in China because of its divers weather conditions and weather patterns. The following provinces of China produce one or more green teas: Anhui (10), Northern Fujian (16), Southern Fujian (9), Guangdong (9), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (3), Guizhou (1), Hainan (1), Henan (1), Hubei (4), Hunan (8), Jiangsu (3), Jiangxi (6), Shaanxi (1), Sichuan (4), Taiwan (5), Yunnan (7), Zhejiant (31). This is only an estimate, and then only of the more famous teas. China actively produces thousands and thousands of teas; how many, exactly, no one knows.
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