What are the 24 solar terms?

Five days is one period, three periods are one atmosphere, three periods are one section, and one year is eight sections (beginning of spring, Spring Equinox, Changxia, Summer Solstice, beginning of autumn, Spring Equinox, beginning of winter and Winter Solstice), two sections are one season, and one year is four seasons.

Twenty-four solar terms are special festivals in the calendar to express natural rhythm changes and establish "December construction". 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. The twenty-four solar terms contain a long cultural connotation and historical accumulation, and are an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation.

Climate type:

Twenty-four solar terms are the product of agricultural civilization and the knowledge system formed by ancient ancestors by observing celestial movement combined with geographical climate and phenological laws.

Agricultural production is closely related to geographical and climatic resources, and superior geographical and climatic resources are important conditions for the birth of agricultural civilization.

China is located in the east of Asia-Europe continent and the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, with great differences in thermal properties between land and sea, forming the most typical monsoon climate in the world. Monsoon climate is a mixture of continental climate and maritime climate.

In winter, affected by the dry and cold air flow in the inland, the weather is cold, dry and rainy; In summer, it is hot, humid and rainy because of the warm and humid air currents in the ocean.

Adequate sunshine, abundant precipitation, high temperature and humid rain and heat are very superior climate resources in China. The high temperature period is consistent with the rainy season, and the water and heat are well coordinated, which is very beneficial to the growth of crops.

Climate elements include light, temperature and precipitation, among which precipitation is an important element of climate. Twenty-four solar terms accurately reflect the changing law of natural rhythm and play an extremely important role in ancient agricultural production.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Twenty-four solar terms