Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What solar terms have nicknames?

What solar terms have nicknames?

1, beginning of spring, also known as Da Chun, is the beginning of a year and the establishment of the Spring Festival, which is also the festival of the first month.

Beginning of spring is the first solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar. According to astronomical division, it is when the sun reaches longitude 3 15. "Li" means "start". Since the Qin Dynasty, China has always regarded beginning of spring as the beginning of the Meng Chun season. The so-called "one year's plan lies in spring", spring warms bloom, birds and flowers are fragrant; Spring is growth, cultivation and sowing. Gregorian calendar February 3-5.

2. Jing Zhe was called Qi Zhe in ancient times.

Marks the beginning of the mid-spring season; When the sun reaches the longitude of 345 degrees. Sting means hiding. Sting refers to the sudden movement of spring thunder, which awakens the hibernating animals in the soil. Gregorian calendar 05-07 March.

3, the vernal equinox, also known as the mid-spring moon.

The vernal equinox is the midpoint of 90 days in spring. One of the 24 solar terms, around March 20 of the Gregorian calendar every year, when the sun is located at 0 (vernal equinox) of the yellow meridian. On the vernal equinox, the sun shines directly at the equator of the earth, and the seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres are opposite. The northern hemisphere is the vernal equinox and the southern hemisphere is the autumnal equinox.

4. Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the outing festival, the outing festival, the March festival and the ancestor worship festival.

At the turn of mid-spring and late spring, the time is about 108 days from winter to the future, that is, around April 5 of the solar calendar. The solar calendar is 15. The weather is sunny and lush. Qingming outing is also called spring outing. In ancient times, it was called spring exploration. It means stepping on the grass, playing in the country and watching the spring.

5, winter solstice, also known as the ninth, winter festival, dragon festival, sub-year, etc.

On the day of winter solstice, the sun moves to 270 degrees of the yellow meridian (winter solstice), and the position of the sun directly on the ground reaches the southernmost point of the year. The sun is almost direct to the Tropic of Capricorn (also known as the winter solstice daily line), and the sun is most biased towards the northern hemisphere. In ancient China, the earth gauge was used to observe the sun and determine the winter solstice. The time is between 65438+February 2 1 and 23 in the Gregorian calendar every year.