English names of the 24 solar terms

It is raining, it is raining.

In a daze The insect woke up.

Spring Equinox

Clear and bright.

Grain Rain.

The long summer has begun.

Xiaoman grain bud

Grain in Ear

Summer solstice

Light and heat in summer.

Summer heat

Autumn has begun.

Don't be hot in summer.

Bailu Bailu

Autumn Equinox

Cold Dew

Frost falls, the first frost.

Winter has begun.

Minor Snow

Heavy snow.

Winter solstice winter solstice

Minor Cold

The great cold in the cold.

Extended data

The current twenty-four solar terms are divided by the method of "fixing qi", that is, each solar term corresponds to a certain position that the earth reaches every time it runs 15 on the ecliptic. The method of "fixing qi" divides the sun's annual movement track into 24 equal parts, each equal part is 15, and each equal part is a solar term, which starts from beginning of spring and ends with severe cold.

The twenty-four solar terms reflect the influence of the sun on the earth and belong to the solar calendar category. It is a knowledge system formed by observing the movement of the sun in a year and understanding the changing laws of the four seasons, climate and phenology in a year.

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