Cultural Connotation of Twenty-four Solar Terms

Cultural connotation of the twenty-four solar terms: the twenty-four solar terms not only play a guiding role in agricultural production, but also affect the basic necessities of life and even cultural concepts of ancient people, and are an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation. Twenty-four solar terms are a knowledge system and social practice formed by the ancients by observing the movement of the sun for a year and understanding the changing laws of the four seasons, climate and phenology in a year.

The list of 24 solar terms is a list of 24 specific festivals in China calendar, and each solar term has its own unique meaning. The 24 solar terms are: beginning of spring, Rain, Sting, Equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Changxia, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Xiaoxia, Daxia, beginning of autumn, Early Summer, Bailu, Autumn Equinox, Cold Dew, Early Frost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold and Severe Cold.

Among the solar terms, beginning of spring, Jing Zhe, Qingming, Long Summer, Mang Zi, Xiaoshu, beginning of autumn, Bailu, Hanlu, beginning of winter, Daxue and Xiaohan are silver moon, Uzuki, Chen Yue, Mitsuki, Wuyue, Yue Wei, Shenyue, Youyue, Manyue, Haiyue, Ziyue and Ugly Moon.

Twenty-four solar terms: Spring rains shake the valley in spring, summer is full of heat, autumn dew is frosty, and winter snow drifts. Spring rain shocks spring and clear valley days, summer is full of mountains and summer is connected with heat, autumn dew is cold and frost, and winter snow drifts. Spring rain shocks spring and clear valley days, summer is full of mountains and summer is connected with heat, autumn dew is cold and frost, and winter snow drifts.