The origin of the four seasons and eight festivals, and where did the four seasons and eight festivals come from?

Four seasons [spring]

From the Book of Zhou Kuai Shu: "Everything has eigh

The origin of the four seasons and eight festivals, and where did the four seasons and eight festivals come from?

Four seasons [spring]

From the Book of Zhou Kuai Shu: "Everything has eight sections and twenty-four qi." Zhao Shuang's note: "The second one is extremely cold and extremely hot; Dichotomy, the sum of yin and yang; Four stands, the beginning of growth and collection; This is eight stanzas. "

Tang Hanshan's Poem 27 1: "Four seasons change, and eight festivals are in a hurry."

"Four tours: Huaguang came to a thousand shows": "There are flowers at four o'clock, and there are eight sights in Changchun."

Tang Ma's "Yilin" volume I quoted the son of the Sui Dynasty: "Ghosts and gods are four seasons and eight festivals to discipline people."

Tang Du Fu's poem "Four Brothers Short Song": "Four seasons and eight festivals, polite, women worship their brothers, wives and men."

Tang Bai Juyi's "Forest Protection System": "Pretend that there are four seasons and eight festivals, so it is cold and rainy. Don't be mistaken."

"Four seasons and eight festivals", the four seasons are spring, summer, autumn and winter. These eight festivals are beginning of spring, Spring Equinox, Long Summer, Summer Solstice, beginning of autumn, Autumn Equinox, beginning of winter and Winter Solstice. "Four Seasons and Eight Festivals" is not only synonymous with the festival season, but also the focus moment of people's beliefs, wishes and emotions, which contains rich folk culture. During these important festivals, we should explore the cultural elements of China civilization, such as traditional morality, folk stories, beautiful legends, poems and proverbs.

There are 24 solar terms in a year, and each solar term differs by half a month. Within half a month, phenology changes greatly, almost once every five days. For example, within half a month of the long summer solar term, first slugs began to bark, then earthworms appeared in the soil, and then jade melons were born. There are 24 solar terms in the whole year, and each solar term has three periods and seventy-two periods, which is what the folks call "four seasons, eight festivals and seventy-two periods".

For example, the second day of February, the sixth day of June, Laba and the winter solstice are very important solar terms in the China lunar calendar, which have accumulated thousands of years' knowledge of China farming culture. Therefore, starting from this year, our city will popularize the knowledge of astronomical calendar, production and life, diet and daily life in these solar terms to the public, and at the same time popularize the folk cultural connotation and national spirit of solar terms and festivals contained in the "Four Seasons and Eight Festivals", including the origin of solar terms, festival customs, national customs, regional culture, literature and history, intangible cultural heritage and the inheritance, development and changes in the new period.