What is the traditional significance of the 24 solar terms?

The traditional meaning of 1 and 24 solar terms is: beginning of spring, which means the beginning of spring; Rain, the rain began; Startled, it began to thunder and the hibernating animals woke up; The vernal equinox, in the middle of spring, is evenly distributed between day and night; Qingming, warm climate, clear sky in Wan Li; In Grain Rain, the increase of rainfall is beneficial to the growth of grain. Long summer means long summer. Xiaoman, wheat and other summer crops are gradually full.

2, awning, that is, busy sowing, wheat and other crops with awns mature. Summer solstice, summer comes, when the day is the longest and the night is the shortest. In light summer, just before and after the first autumn, the climate began to get hot. Summer is the hottest season of the year. Since autumn, the temperature has gradually dropped. In summer, "Chu" means hiding and ending, indicating that the summer heat is about to pass. White dew, because it is cold at night, the water vapor in the air is easy to condense into dew.

3. The autumnal equinox, in the middle of autumn, is evenly distributed between day and night. Cold dew, the temperature is obviously reduced, and the dew is very cold at night. The first frost begins in first frost. Beginning of winter, which means the beginning of winter. Xiaoxue, it's starting to snow. While using the 24 solar terms flexibly, the common people have also created many agricultural proverbs, such as "barley is not full, wheat is not full" and "grass does not sleep in the ear". People also use the 24 solar terms to guide field management and predict crop growth. For example, the proverb says, "White dew and white mystery, autumn equinox rice disease, cold dew and no green rice, the first frost falls together."

4. There is a saying in Hubei that "the cold dew doesn't bow its head, but it is cut back to feed the old cows", which means that the late rice is sown late, and it is better to cut it and feed it to the cows. It can be seen that the 24 solar terms are the crystallization of the wisdom of our ancestors and a valuable cultural heritage.