Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - In the autumn solar term

In the autumn solar term

Among the 24 solar terms, there are six solar terms in autumn: beginning of autumn, first summer, white dew, autumnal equinox, cold dew and first frost.

The first thing that "beginning of autumn" brings is the change of weather. From this day on, the sky was crisp, the moon was bright and the wind was clear, and the temperature gradually dropped. As the proverb goes, "It's cool in beginning of autumn" and "It's autumn in the morning and cold at night". Beginning of autumn is one of the "four seasons and eight festivals" in ancient times. People have the custom of offering sacrifices to the land gods and celebrating the harvest.

Being in the heat is "out of the heat", that is, out of the heat. Summer is the14th solar term among the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar. The time point is August 23rd, Gregorian calendar, and the sun arrives at 150.

The white dew is the fifteenth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, and it is the white dew when the sun reaches 165 degrees.

The autumnal equinox is the sixteenth of the twenty-four solar terms, and the time is generally from September 22nd to September 24th of the Gregorian calendar every year.

Cold dew is the seventeenth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, belonging to the fifth solar term in autumn, which indicates the official end of the autumn season; The time is1October 7-9, 10.

The first frost, one of the 24 solar terms, is around 65438+1October 23rd every year. The first frost solar term means that the weather is getting colder and the first frost appears. It is the last solar term in autumn, which also means that winter is about to begin.