Twenty-four solar terms jingle nursery rhymes

The jingles of the 24 solar terms are as follows:

The plum blossoms in the early spring are particularly bright, and the apricot blossoms after the rain are particularly fresh; Lulin thunder, butterfly dance between flowers at the vernal equinox. When the kite was broken in Qingming Festival, Grain Rain was accompanied by tender tea and emerald, with long summer mulberry fruits like cherries, and a small man who cultivated silkworms. Before mango seedlings enter the palace, the summer solstice rice and flowers are like white practice; Summer breeze urges early-maturing beans, and Chi Pan enjoys red lotus in hot summer. Qiu Chan makes people sleep, and sunflower smiles in summer.

The white dew returns to the wild goose, and the autumn equinox smells like osmanthus. Cold dew vegetable seedlings are green, and the first frost reed flowers are floating all over the sky; Beginning of winter reported good news, reported three rewards, and light snow and goose feathers flew in pieces. The snow is very cold, the plum blossoms are crazy in the wind, and the winter solstice is full of snow. Little cold wanderers are homesick, and they celebrate reunion at the end of the cold year. The earth goes around the sun, and it takes a year to complete a circle. A year is divided into December, and the 24 solar terms are closely linked.

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. 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.

"Twenty-four solar terms" is the product of ancient farming civilization. It is a knowledge system formed by ancient ancestors following the farming season and observing the movement of celestial bodies to understand the changing laws of seasons, climate and phenology in a year. The twenty-four solar terms were originally formulated according to the changes of stars. The Big Dipper rotates once and bucket handle rotates once clockwise, which is called one of the "years" (Figure).

The current "twenty-four solar terms" are formulated according to the position of the sun on the return to the ecliptic, that is, the annual movement track of the sun is divided into 24 equal parts, each 15 is 1, and each 1 is a solar term, starting in beginning of spring and ending in severe cold.