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How to pronounce the formula of 24 solar terms?

Solar term song is: the sun turns in beginning of spring, it rains by the river, crows crow, the spring equinox is dry, the Qingming wheat is busy, and Grain Rain is farming. In the long summer, goose feathers live, small birds come to the whole, awn seeds are shoveled, and cotton is not taken in the summer solstice. Whether it is hot or not in summer is dog days.

Twenty-four solar terms are an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation, expressing the unique concept of time between human beings and the natural universe, and containing the long cultural connotation and historical accumulation of the Chinese nation. "Twenty-four solar terms" not only play a guiding role in agricultural production, but also affect the basic necessities of life and even cultural concepts of ancient people.

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The current "twenty-four solar terms" are formulated according to the position of the sun on the return to the ecliptic, that is, the annual movement track of the sun is divided into 24 equal parts, each 15 is 1 equal part, and each 1 equal part is a solar term, starting from beginning of spring and ending from the severe cold.

After historical development, the lunar calendar absorbed solar terms of the dry calendar as a supplement to the calendar, and adjusted it to conform to the tropic year through the leap method, forming a combined calendar of yin and yang, and the "24 solar terms" became an important part of the lunar calendar. In the field of international meteorology, the 24 solar terms are known as "the fifth invention of China". 2016165438+1October 30th, 24 solar terms was officially listed in UNESCO? List of representative works of human intangible cultural heritage.