Dao LivingThe Living Almanac
Detail from Li Anzhong’s Cottages in a Misty Grove in Autumn: a stand of tall trees in autumn colour shelters a thatched cottage, and the whole grove rests on a band of mist that has no lower edge.

A Grove Floats on Its Mist

霜降

23 OCT 2026 210° 20 / 24

Li Anzhong (Chinese, active first half of the 1100s) Cottages in a Misty Grove in Autumn
Northern Song dynasty, dated 1117 Cleveland Museum of Art 1963.588 CC0

Today is 寒露, which has no published plate yet. The plate above is the nearest finished one, and it is dated to its own term — not to today.

The year

  1. 小寒 — no plate yet
  2. 大寒 — no plate yet
  3. 立春 — no plate yet
  4. 雨水 — no plate yet
  5. 驚蟄 — no plate yet
  6. 春分 — no plate yet
  7. 清明
  8. 穀雨
  9. 立夏 — no plate yet
  10. 小滿 — no plate yet
  11. 芒種 — no plate yet
  12. 夏至 — no plate yet
  13. 小暑 — no plate yet
  14. 大暑 — no plate yet
  15. 立秋 — no plate yet
  16. 處暑
  17. 白露 — no plate yet
  18. 秋分 — no plate yet
  19. 寒露 — no plate yet
  20. 霜降
  21. 立冬 — no plate yet
  22. 小雪 — no plate yet
  23. 大雪 — no plate yet
  24. 冬至 — no plate yet

The terms are computed from the sun’s apparent longitude.

The Three ClocksAn interactive seasonal installation

A Roof Makes a Room

清明

4 APR 2026 15° 7 / 24

Unidentified artist A Pavilion
Southern Song dynasty, 1127–1279 Cleveland Museum of Art 1915.705 CC0

Where the Water Widens

穀雨

20 APR 2026 30° 8 / 24

Zhao Mengfu (Chinese, 1254–1322) River Village: Fisherman’s Joy
Yuan dynasty, c. 1302–03 Cleveland Museum of Art 1978.66 CC0

The Geese Go First

處暑

23 AUG 2026 150° 16 / 24

Ma Lin (Chinese, c. 1185–after 1260) Landscape with Flying Geese
Southern Song dynasty, mid-1200s Cleveland Museum of Art 1952.285 CC0

Why this

The season is shared. The response is not.
Nine ways a body meets it.
The structure is inherited; the magnitude is measured.

See how we test itSee how it becomes guidance

Built on the Dao Living Framework.