Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What do beginning of spring, Jing Ke and Grain Rain mean in China solar terms?

What do beginning of spring, Jing Ke and Grain Rain mean in China solar terms?

1, beginning of spring, the first of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, represents the beginning, and beginning of spring is the beginning of spring.

2. Sting, the third of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, means hiding. Sting refers to the sudden movement of spring thunder, which awakens the hibernating animals in the soil.

3. Grain Rain is the sixth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar. Rain has bred hundreds of valleys. With sufficient and timely rainfall, cereal crops can thrive. With the increase of rainfall after solar terms in Grain Rain, the humidity in the air gradually increases.

There are 24 solar terms in the China lunar calendar, such as beginning of spring, Grain Rain and Chushu. Twenty-four solar terms were divided by the wise people in ancient China according to the position of the sun on the ecliptic through careful observation of nature and life. The interval between two adjacent solar terms is 15 degrees, and every 15 degrees is a solar term.