Shuangjiang (solar term)

The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms (节气/節氣).

[1] Shuāngjiàng, Sōkō, Sanggang, or Sương giáng (Chinese and Japanese: 霜降; pinyin: shuāngjiàng; rōmaji: sōkō; Korean: 상강; romaja: sanggang; Vietnamese: sương giáng; lit.

It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 210°.

In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around October 23 and ends around November 7.

The western holiday of Halloween occurs in this solar term.