The origin of white deer solar terms

Millennium is one of the 24 solar terms, which means that the temperature changes and the weather turns cold. The reason why it is called the White Dew is because the dew shines under the refraction of sunlight and is very beautiful, so it is called the White Dew. Another way of saying it is that there are five elements that coincide with each other. In autumn, the five elements belong to gold, corresponding to the white in the five colors, hence the name White Deer.

Twenty-four solar terms began in the Spring and Autumn Period and were established in Qin and Han Dynasties. They bear the deep imprint of farming society, and are related to calendar, astronomy, meteorology, phenology and festivals, and extend to life, and are related to the Lunar New Year holiday, farming time series, folk activities, folk taboos, food and health care and so on.

Nowadays, people are still very close to the 24 solar terms in their seasonal sexual life, so that a large number of poetic forms appear, enriching the cultural connotation of the 24 solar terms. In solar terms culture, we should integrate solar terms poetry into the rhythm of natural changes dominated by the sun, and build heaven, earth, society and culture. Praise our great times!

2016165438+1October 30th, 24 solar terms were officially listed in UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.