White Dew is the fifteenth of the twenty-four solar terms in the lunar calendar. It is the third solar term of the fall season.

Autumn solar terms:

Autumn, Heat, White Dew, Autumn Equinox, Cold Dew, Frost.

White Dew:

White Dew is celebrated when the sun reaches one hundred and sixty-five degrees of the yellow meridian. White Dew is the third solar term in autumn, indicating the end of the Mengqiu season and the beginning of the mid-autumn season. Dew is water droplets formed when water vapor condenses on the ground or near-earth objects due to a drop in temperature. Therefore, White Dew actually symbolizes that the weather has turned cooler.

White Dew is called White Dew because it is called a white dew when the yin is gradually increasing and the dew in the morning is thickening and condensing into a layer of white water droplets.

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Climatic features:

White Dew plants begin to dew, into the White Dew season, the summer winds are gradually replaced by the winter winds, the cold air turned to attack, warm air gradually retreat. The cold air comes south in batches, often bringing a range of cooling.

At this time, precipitation is significantly reduced in northern China, and the fall is high and relatively dry. The first fall rains in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River during this period tend to ease the water shortage in the early part of the year. Eastern Southwest China, South China and West China also tend to have back-to-back rainy weather. Heavy rainfall caused by tropical weather systems (typhoons) is also possible along the southeastern coast, especially along the coast of southern China. There is also the possibility of fall drought, forest fire danger and first frost in some areas at this time.

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