The ancient Chinese created a calendar with 24 segments based on both lunar and solar events. In 1685, the Chinese 24-season calendar was rewritten by the Japanese astronomer Shibukawa Shunkai and it became 72 seasons. These 72 seasons "offer a poetic journey through the Japanese year in which the land awakens and blooms with life and activity before returning to slumber."
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Final update before the transition, since I've the automation I use will now post only to the new Mastodon instance.
The new home of 72 Microseasons is: @microseasons
I forget a bit about how the transition works, but I know none of the past updates will transfer over, but the follower list should transfer fine. Some may need to confirm the follower change, but I'm not 100% sure.
See you all over on https://mas.to/
A new microseason in the "Beginning of winter" (立冬 Rittō) division has begun:
Daffodils bloom (金盞香 Kinsenka saku)
This microseason will last until November 21.
Hi folks! Just a quick announcement that the 72 Microseasons bot will be moving to a new host shortly as botsin.space is shutting down. You can read the news about that here: https://muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/10/29/10-29-rip-botsin-space/
I'm going to let the first status post at the new host before initiating the redirect. Hopefully all you wonderful (501!) followers will be transferred along with the process.
Many, many thanks and <3 to @muffinista for hosting us for so long. Truly appreciate you!
A new microseason in the "Beginning of winter" (立冬 Rittō) division has begun:
Land starts to freeze (地始凍 Chi hajimete kōru)
This microseason will last until November 16.
A new microseason in the "Beginning of winter" (立冬 Rittō) division has begun:
Camellias bloom (山茶始開 Tsubaki hajimete hiraku)
This microseason will last until November 11.
A new microseason in the "Frost falls" (霜降 Sōkō) division has begun:
Maple leaves and ivy turn yellow (楓蔦黄 Momiji tsuta kibamu)
This microseason will last until November 6.
A new microseason in the "Frost falls" (霜降 Sōkō) division has begun:
Light rains sometimes fall (霎時施 Kosame tokidoki furu)
This microseason will last until November 1.
A new microseason in the "Frost falls" (霜降 Sōkō) division has begun:
First frost (霜始降 Shimo hajimete furu)
This microseason will last until October 27.
A new microseason in the "Cold dew" (寒露 Kanro) division has begun:
Crickets chirp around the door (蟋蟀在戸 Kirigirisu to ni ari)
This microseason will last until October 22.
A new microseason in the "Cold dew" (寒露 Kanro) division has begun:
Chrysanthemums bloom (菊花開 Kiku no hana hiraku)
This microseason will last until October 17.
