Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What does 72 mean?

ㄑㄕㄦㄏㄡˋ Athena Chu.

Pinyin q: and SHR hòu

Basic explanation

⒈ ? Total waiting time of one year. According to the weather, five days is a waiting period. There

What does 72 mean?

ㄑㄕㄦㄏㄡˋ Athena Chu.

Pinyin q: and SHR hòu

Basic explanation

⒈ ? Total waiting time of one year. According to the weather, five days is a waiting period. There

What does 72 mean?

ㄑㄕㄦㄏㄡˋ Athena Chu.

Pinyin q: and SHR hòu

Basic explanation

⒈ ? Total waiting time of one year. According to the weather, five days is a waiting period. There are 365 days in a year, which are divided into 73 waiting periods. However, in order to match the month and ten days, the 26th to the end of each month (big or small) is regarded as a waiting period, so a year is 72 waiting periods.

Citation interpretation 1? In ancient times, five days was the waiting period, six days in January and three days were the solar terms. There are 24 solar terms and 72 cycles in a year. It explains the changes of solar terms according to the signs of changes of animals, plants or other natural phenomena, and serves as the basis for agricultural activities. The theories of "urgency" and "seventy-two waiting periods" were first found in Yizhoushu and Lushi Chunqiu in the 12th century, while Han Confucianism was found in The Book of Rites, Yueling and Huai Nan Zi Shi Ze Xun, and Shu Wei began to enter the legal calendar. However, the phenology of the moon season quoted in various books is different, that is, the seventy-two phases of Lv Chunqiu quoted by Bing Wang in Su Wen in the Tang Dynasty are also different from those contained in this edition of Lv Chunqiu and Calendar. Refer to Li's Monthly Climate Map in Qing Dynasty.

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