Solar terms in 2024

Solar terms in 2024: beginning of spring, rain, fright, vernal equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Changxia, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Xiaoshu, Dashu, beginning of autumn, Chushu, Bailu, Autumnal Equinox, Cold Dew, Chufrost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold and Severe 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.

"Twenty-four solar terms" is the product of ancient farming civilization. It is a knowledge system formed by ancient ancestors following the farming season and observing the movement of celestial bodies to understand the changing laws of seasons, climate and phenology in a year.

Climate type

Twenty-four solar terms are the product of agricultural civilization and the knowledge system formed by ancient ancestors by observing the movement of celestial bodies combined with the laws of geographical climate and phenology. Agricultural production is closely related to geographical and climatic resources, and superior geographical and climatic resources are important conditions for the birth of agricultural civilization. China is located in the east of Eurasia and the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, and the thermal properties of land and sea are very different, thus forming the most typical monsoon climate in the world.

Monsoon climate is a mixture of continental climate and maritime climate. In winter, it is cold, dry and rainy because of the dry and cold air flow in the inland. In summer, it is hot, humid and rainy because of the warm and humid air currents in the ocean. Sufficient sunshine, abundant precipitation, high temperature and humid rain and heat coexist, which is a very superior climate resource in China.