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Is it Grain Rain after the 24 solar terms? Is it Grain Rain after the 24 solar terms?

1, right. Among the 24 solar terms, after the vernal equinox are: Qingming, Grain Rain, Changxia, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Xiaoshu and Dashu; Beginning of autumn, early summer, white dew, autumnal equinox, cold dew and early frost; Beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice, slight cold, great cold; Beginning of spring, rain, fright, vernal equinox.

2. Twenty-four solar terms are specific festivals in the dry calendar, indicating the changes of seasons, phenology and climate, and establishing "December construction" (festival). Initially, it was determined by the direction of rotation of the Big Dipper bucket handle. The Big Dipper rotates circularly, and bucket handle rotates around the east, south, west and north for one cycle, and each rotation cycle starts in beginning of spring and ends in the Great Cold.

3. The current "twenty-four solar terms" are divided by the method of "fixing the air", that is, the solar terms are determined according to the position of the sun on the ecliptic; The "fixed space method" divides the sun's trajectory in one year into 24 equal parts, each 15 is 1 equal part, and each 1 equal part is a solar term, starting from the beginning of spring and ending in the great cold. "Twenty-four solar terms" is an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation, which embodies the historical and cultural essence of Chinese civilization.