Shiwasu
twelfth month of the Chinese calendar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shiwasu (師走) also known as Jūnigatsu (12月, lit: 12th month) is the 12th month of the Japanese Lunisolar Calendar. Normally the Great Cold, the 24th solar term is in this month.
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The Chinese name is Làyuè (Chinese: 腊月). The name comes from the winter sacrifice, just as February.
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Festivals
- The Laba Festival is Shiwasu 8.[1] The original definition of the Laba festival was the day of the winter sacrifice (simplified Chinese: 腊日; traditional Chinese: 臘日), and the date is the third Wùrì after the Winter Solstice.
- The Preliminary Eve (Chinese: 小年) is Shiwasu 23.
- The New Year's Eve (Chinese: 除夕) is the last day of the year, Shiwasu 29 or 30.
Events
Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the 12th Qing emperor of China, issued the imperial abdication edict on Shiwasu 25, 1911.
Births
- Emperor Go-Uda, the 91st emperor of Japan, Shiwasu 1, 1269
- Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, Shiwasu 26, 1542
- Uemura Masahisa, a Japanese Christian pastor, theologian and critic of Meiji and Taishō periods, Shiwasu 1, 1857
- Imperial Noble Consort Shushen, an Imperial concubine of the Tongzhi Emperor, Shiwasu 1, 1859
Deaths
- Yue Fei, Yue Yun, Zhang Xian, military generals who lived in the Southern Song dynasty, Shiwasu 29 1141
- Lu You, a prominent poet of China's Southern Song dynasty, Shiwasu 29 1209
- Emperor Go-Hanazono, the 102nd emperor of Japan, Shiwasu 27 1470
- Lê Uy Mục, the eighth king of the later Lê dynasty of Vietnam, Shiwasu 1 1509
- Yi Gwang-sik, a Korean politician and general during the Joseon dynasty, Shiwasu 1 1563
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Dates of Shiwasu
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References
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