What are the solar terms in April?

There are two solar terms, Qingming and Grain Rain.

Qingming, April 4 -6. Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the outing festival, is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China, and it is also one of the most important sacrificial festivals. It is a day to sweep graves and worship ancestors. According to the Western Han Dynasty's "Huainanzi Astronomical Training", "On the fifteenth day after the vernal equinox, when it refers to B, the wind will clear up"; "Qingming Wind" is a refreshing and clear wind.

Grain Rain, April 19-2 1. Grain Rain is the sixth of the 24 solar terms and the last solar term in spring, which comes from the old saying "Rain gives birth to a hundred valleys". At the same time, it is also the best time for sowing, transplanting and ordering beans.

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Naming principles of solar terms:

The naming of the twenty-four solar terms reflects three seasons, phenology and climate changes.

1, reflecting the seasons of beginning of spring, vernal equinox, long summer, summer solstice, beginning of autumn, autumn equinox, beginning of winter and winter solstice, also known as eight;

2. Phenological phenomena include fright, Qingming, Xiaoman and Mang.

3. Rain, Grain Rain, little summer, big summer, early summer, white dew, cold dew, first frost, light snow, heavy snow, slight cold and severe cold reflect climate change.

References:

Solar terms _ Baidu Encyclopedia, Tomb-Sweeping Day (a traditional festival of the Chinese nation) _ Baidu Encyclopedia, Grain Rain (one of the 24 solar terms) _ Baidu Encyclopedia