What is the order of the 24 solar terms?

The order of the 24 solar terms is: beginning of spring, rain, fright, vernal equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Long Summer, Xiaoman, Busy, Summer Solstice, Slight Summer, beginning of autumn, Early Summer, White Dew, Autumn Equinox, Cold Dew, Early Frost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold and Severe Cold.

The twenty-four solar terms are an important part of the lunar calendar and a unique creation of our ancestors in the calendar. In foreign calendars, there are only four vernal equinoxes, the summer solstice, the autumn solstice and the winter solstice, which are the beginning of spring, summer, autumn and winter respectively.

In our calendar, the four seasons begin with "four seasons", that is, spring begins with beginning of spring, summer begins with long summer, autumn begins with beginning of autumn, and winter begins with beginning of winter. See the solar terms table for details. The solar terms on the left in the table are referred to as "festival" and the gas on the right is referred to as "qi", which together are called "solar terms".

Relevance significance

Twenty-four solar terms, the product of ancient farming civilization, occupy an extremely important position in China's traditional farming culture, which contains the long-standing cultural connotation and historical accumulation of the Chinese nation. Twenty-four solar terms are not only the time criterion promulgated by successive governments, but also the compass to guide agricultural production and to predict cold, warm, snow and rainy days in people's daily life. The twenty-four solar terms have been of practical value to people's life and culture since ancient times.

Twenty-four solar terms accurately reflect seasonal changes, which are used to guide agricultural activities and affect the food, clothing, housing and transportation of thousands of households. As the basic time indicator of agricultural activities, the 24 solar terms have therefore become an important node and time coordinate of people's life in one year, and to a certain extent, they are also time indicators of people's daily social life.

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