Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Introduction of solar terms

Introduction of solar terms

The revolution of the earth around the sun produces four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Our ancestors divided the four seasons into twelve months, and at the same time subdivided each month into two stages, forming twenty-four solar terms.

Beginning of spring, rain, sting, vernal equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain.

Long summer, small full, boundless, summer solstice, small Shu, big Shu.

Beginning of autumn, early summer heat, white dew, autumnal equinox, cold dew and early frost.

Beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice, slight cold, severe cold.

Festivals: heavy snow, slight cold, beginning of spring, Jingzhe, Qingming, Changxia, Mangzhong, Xiaoshu, beginning of autumn, Bailu, Hanlu and beginning of winter.

Qi: Winter, severe cold, rain, vernal equinox, Grain Rain, Xiaoman, summer, intense heat, intense heat, autumnal equinox, first frost and light snow.

According to the six-year forecast, a month does not start from the first day of the lunar calendar to the end of the month, but from the moment when the solar terms enter.

For example, silver moon starts from the moment it is handed over to beginning of spring to the next festival. At the same time, this is Uzuki's moment when he entered horror.

Silver moon: It started in early spring, experienced rain, and finally was shocked.

Uzuki: It started with fear, experienced the vernal equinox, and finally became clear.

Chen Yue: From Qingming Festival, I experienced Grain Rain, and finally it was a long summer.

Mitsuki: It started in the long summer, experienced a little fullness, and finally sprouted.

Afternoon: It begins with awn seeds, goes through the summer solstice, and ends with a little summer heat.

Yue Wei: I started from the mild summer heat, experienced the severe summer heat, and finally arrived in beginning of autumn.

Shen Yue: From early autumn, it experienced intense heat, and finally the Millennium.

An appointment: it begins with the white dew, experiences the autumnal equinox, and ends with the cold dew.

Xu Yue: From the cold dew, through the first frost, and finally to beginning of winter.

Haiyue: Starting from beginning of winter, it experienced light snow and finally heavy snow.

Confucius said: From the beginning of heavy snow, I experienced the solstice of winter, and finally I had a slight cold.

Ugly Moon: Starting from slight cold, I experienced severe cold and finally arrived in beginning of spring.