What is twenty-four Hua Xinfeng?

Twenty-four times in Hua Xinfeng, also known as "twenty-four winds". "Hua Xinfeng" is the wind that blows when flowers bloom, so it is called "Xin", which is a solar term in China. Cheng Dachang's "Xiu Fan Lu" Volume 1: "In March in bloom, the name of the wind rose."

Chao Zongluo's Chronicle of Jingchu: Plum blossoms begin and end with Melia azedarach, and return to Hua Xinfeng every twenty-four times. According to the solar terms of the lunar calendar, from slight cold to Grain Rain, * * * eight qi, one hundred and twenty days. Breathing once every fifteen days is divided into three periods, and breathing * * * twenty-four times every five days, each period should be a flower. The order is:

Slight cold: plum blossom, camellia, narcissus;

Great cold: Daphne odora, orchid and alum in Phnom Penh;

Beginning of spring: Spring Festival, cherry blossoms, spring;

Rain: first-class cauliflower, second-class apricot flower, third-class plum flower;

Surprise: waiting for peach blossoms, waiting for Tang Di, waiting for roses;

Vernal equinox: once begonia, twice pear and three magnolia;

Qingming: first-class tung flower, second-class wheat flower, third-class willow flower;

Grain Rain: One peony, two tea buds and three neem flowers.

Liang Yuan-di's Compendium: "When I visited Hua Xinfeng on January 2nd, it was warm and cold in Yin and Yang, and it was winter at any time, but it was a day earlier and it was a little stormy. Its flowers are: goose, magnolia, plum blossom, Yang Shuhua, juniper flower, tung flower, golden cherry, goose yellow, neem flower, lotus flower, betel nut, water chestnut flower, hibiscus, osmanthus, reed flower, orchid, Polygonum hydropiper flower, peach blossom, loquat, plum flower, daffodil and camellia.