[ **up: [[Solar Terms]] | [[Spring]]** ] --- # Lichun [[2025-0319. Lichun is one of the twenty-four solar terms that divide up the (Chinese) lunar year. It marks the coming of spring.|Lichun is one of the twenty-four solar terms that divide up the (Chinese) lunar year. It marks the coming of spring.]][^1] [[2025-0319. Lichun falls around the 4th of February annually; it is said to mark the start of spring in East Asian cultures.|Lichun falls around the 4th of February annually; it is said to mark the start of spring in East Asian cultures.]][^2] [^1]: ‘Explainer: What is a “Widow Year” and why some Chinese are wary about it’, 3 February 2024, *The Times of India*, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/explainer-what-is-a-widow-year-and-why-some-chinese-are-wary-about-it/articleshow/107380653.cms. [^2]: Mandy Zuo, ‘As China’s “Year of the Widow” threatens marriage rate, can “dragon babies” boost births?’, *South China Morning Post*, 4 February 2024, https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3250753/chinas-year-widow-threatens-marriage-rate-can-dragon-babies-boost-births.