Beginning of winter is one of the eight festivals.

Beginning of winter is one of the eight stanzas.

Twenty-four solar terms are special festivals in the calendar to express the change of natural rhythm and establish "December architecture", which contains a long cultural connotation and historical accumulation and is an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation. Eight festivals are eight of the 24 solar terms.

Four years old, three months in spring, summer, autumn and winter, two solar terms each month, each solar term has its own unique meaning. Twenty-four solar terms accurately reflect the change of natural rhythm and play an extremely important role in people's daily life. It is not only a seasonal system that guides agricultural production, but also a folk system that contains rich folk customs.

In the field of international meteorology, the 24 solar terms are known as "the fifth invention of China". 2016165438+1October 30th, 24 solar terms were officially listed in UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The historical value of the twenty-four solar terms;

Twenty-four solar terms, the product of ancient farming civilization, occupy an extremely important position in China's traditional farming culture, which contains the long-standing cultural connotation and historical accumulation of the Chinese nation. Twenty-four solar terms are not only the time criterion promulgated by successive governments, but also the compass to guide agricultural production and to predict cold, warm, snow and rainy days in people's daily life.

The twenty-four solar terms have been of practical value to people's life and culture since ancient times. Twenty-four solar terms are the concrete division, replacement and periodic reappearance of time, among which the solar terms that mark the change of solar terms are the symbolic time of time movement and cycle, and are the important nodes of yin-yang transformation.

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