What are the 24 solar terms?

The twenty-four solar terms are beginning of spring, Rain, Surprise, Equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Changxia, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Xiaoshu, beginning of autumn, Chushu, Bailu, Equinox, Cold Dew, First Frost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold and Great Cold.

Twenty-four solar terms, the special festival "December" established in the calendar to express the change of natural rhythm, accurately reflects the change of natural rhythm and plays an extremely important role in people's daily life. It is not only a time 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.

After historical development, the lunar calendar absorbed the solar terms of the Ganzhi calendar as a supplement to the calendar, and adjusted it to conform to the tropic year by "setting leap", forming a combined calendar of yin and yang. The "twenty-four solar terms" became an important part of the lunar calendar, which had a great influence on the almanac making of later generations and was one of the core theories of China's traditional meteorology.

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Twenty-four solar terms are the product of ancient farming civilization, which occupies an extremely important position in China traditional farming culture. It contains the long-standing cultural connotation and historical accumulation of the Chinese nation. Twenty-four solar terms are not only the time standards promulgated by successive governments, but also the compass to guide agricultural production and predict the changes of temperature, rain and snow in people's daily life. The twenty-four solar terms have been of practical value to people's life and culture since ancient times.

Twenty-four solar terms are the concrete division of time, the alternation and periodic reappearance of time, among which the solar terms that mark the change of solar terms are the symbolic time of time shift and cycle, and are the important nodes of yin-yang transformation. The twenty-four solar terms and the construction in December are the basic contents of the trunk and branch calendars. Taking the Big Dipper bucket handle and bucket handle as the spring (the first month) is called "construction", and its calendar system with the first month of spring as the first month has a great influence on the calendars of later generations.