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3 Yuan Twenty-Four Solar Terms-Stories, Frost's Descent
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Within a square flan with rounded corners, a stylized composition evoking the agricultural and seasonal symbolism of the Chinese solar calendar. At center, a sheaf of harvested wheat and rice stalks is rendered in high relief, flanked by blossoming plum branches bearing delicate five-petaled flowers and buds. A gnomon or sundial post is visible at right, referencing the traditional timekeeping instrument used to mark the solar terms. The vertical legend 中華人民共和國 (People's Republic of China) appears in raised Chinese characters along the left border within a recessed panel. The date 2022 is inscribed in the lower right field. |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 2022 |
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The Twenty-Four Solar Terms — a calendrical system codified in the Huainanzi around 139 BC — were inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2016, prompting the People's Bank of China to launch this extended commemorative series. Frost's Descent (Shuāngjiàng) marks the moment in late October when ground frost becomes likely across the North China Plain, and has historically signaled the final window for winter wheat sowing.
The "Stories" subset within this broader solar terms program distinguishes itself from the earlier "Flowers" issues by incorporating narrative folk imagery rather than botanical motifs.