Ipchu means entering autumn. Midsummer heat still rages, but a cool air begins to appear in the mornings and evenings.
Ipchu, around August 8, is the first term of autumn. Nominally autumn begins, and people prepare to plant kimchi cabbage.
A cool breeze begins to blow and the dew grows heavier. Yet the late-summer heat lingers, overlapping the last dog day.
People read the year's harvest by the Ipchu weather and sowed radish and cabbage for kimchi. They finished their summer tonics against the lingering heat.
Prepare to sow kimchi radish and cabbage
Mind your health in the late heat and changing season
Prepare for wider day-night temperature swings
Plan the autumn farming
Adjacent terms:
Start of Autumn is the 13th of the 24 solar terms, falling around around August 8. Autumn begins. Even amid the heat, a cool air starts to settle in.
Ipchu means entering autumn. Midsummer heat still rages, but a cool air begins to appear in the mornings and evenings.
Prepare to sow kimchi radish and cabbage Mind your health in the late heat and changing season Prepare for wider day-night temperature swings Plan the autumn farming