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Excuse me, what are the 24 solar terms?

"Twenty-four solar term song" is a small poem compiled for the convenience of remembering the twenty-four solar terms in the ancient calendar of China, and there are many versions circulating.

Twenty-four solar term song:

The spring rain shakes the spring and clears the valley, and the summer is full of mountains and summers.

Autumn dew, autumn frost, little snow in winter and cold in winter.

They refer to beginning of spring, Spring Rain, Surprise, Spring Equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Changxia, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Slight Summer, Great Summer, beginning of autumn, Early Summer, Millennium, Autumn Equinox, Cold Dew, Early Frost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold and Severe Cold.

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. In the field of international meteorology, the 24 solar terms are known as "the fifth invention of China".

2016165438+1October 30th, 24 solar terms was officially listed in UNESCO? List of representative works of human intangible cultural heritage. 2065438+July 2009, the "China Weather 24 Solar Terms Research Institute" jointly sponsored by Huafeng Meteorological Media Group of China Meteorological Bureau and Meteorological Publicity Science Center of China Meteorological Bureau was formally established.