What are the 24 solar terms in China?

1 and 24 solar terms are: beginning of spring, rainy, smelly, vernal equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Changxia, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Xiaoshu, Dashu, beginning of autumn, Chushu, Bailu, Autumn Equinox, Cold Dew, Early Frost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold.

2. Twenty-four solar terms are an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation, which embodies the historical and cultural essence of Chinese civilization. "Twenty-four solar terms" and "December construction" are the basic contents of the calendar, which were concluded in ancient times (or ancient times). According to ancient records, Emperor Tiandi began to determine his age in the name of cadres and branches.

3. "Twenty-four solar terms" is a special festival in the dry calendar to express seasons, phenology, climate change and the establishment of "December architecture". The repeated rotation of the Big Dipper is closely related to the change of seasons. Taking the direction pointed by bucket handle, namely the Big Dipper, as the standard for judging seasons, it is called sword fighting, also known as Jian Yue. The method of the era of cadres and branches, the first month to build Yin, beginning of spring as the beginning of the year, the beginning of the month to pay the festival.

4. A year is divided into twelve years ("completed in December"), in which "completed" represents the direction of the top of the bucket handle of the Big Dipper. In ancient times, the "twenty-four solar terms" were determined by the direction at the top of the bucket handle of Beidou, and bucket handle rotated to the "twelfth day" in turn, which was called "December Construction" (or "December Order").

5. In ancient culture, the time position of branches and gossip is linked together, and the position of yin is the foundation of gossip the day after tomorrow, and it is the position at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, representing the beginning and end.

6, such as "Yi Shuo Gua Chuan": "Hey, the hexagrams in the northeast are also the beginning of everything." That is to say, bucket handle is one of the "years old", starting from the east to the north (Yin position, gossip position the day after tomorrow) and making a circle through the south, west and north. Therefore, silver moon is "spring is positive", and the beginning of spring is the beginning of a year. The twenty-four solar terms established by Beidou bucket handle began in the beginning of spring and ended in severe cold.