midsummer feast; summer solstice celebration; St John's day
summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)
crow dipper (Pinellia tuber); 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis); 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
summer retreat where monks stay in the same place to study
one summer (during which a monk attends a summer retreat)
period during which monks may go into a summer retreat