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What does the Millennium solar term mean?

As soon as the Millennium solar terms are over, the coolness of autumn will gradually become stronger.

"White dew" is one of the twenty-four solar terms and the third solar term in autumn. When it is white dew, the global sunshine time will be shortened, the summer monsoon will gradually be replaced by the winter monsoon, and the weather will gradually get cold. The "Millennium" is followed by the "Autumn Equinox". As soon as the "Autumn Equinox" arrives, autumn will come to an end.

Twenty-four solar terms are the product of ancient farming civilization. It is a knowledge system formed by ancient ancestors following the farming season, observing the movement of celestial bodies and understanding the changing laws of seasons, climate and phenology throughout the year.

The current 24 solar terms are based on the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that is, the sun's trajectory in one year is divided into 24 equal parts, each 15 is 1, and each 1 is a solar term, starting in beginning of spring and ending in severe cold.

Characteristics of the Millennium:

1, Hongyan lai: Hongyan is small, from north to south. It's not called Nanxiang, it's not its home. For details, please refer to the Rain Festival, and the rain will wait three times: once for Tyrannosaurus Rex to sacrifice fish; Second, wait for Hongyan to come; Third, vegetation is sprouting.

2, the return of the mysterious bird: "Twenty-four solar terms": the mysterious bird sees the vernal equinox (the vernal equinox is early, the mysterious bird arrives; At this time, Yan came from the north and moved to the south. Yan is a bird in the south, so he came back.

3, flock of birds to raise shame: more than three animals are groups, and the group is also, "Book of Rites" note: shame, gourmet. Those who mention shame hide it and wait for the winter moon. Shame is the original word of shame.

In ancient times, "shame" and "shame" were universal. Raising shame is a Chinese word, and the pinyin y m ng xi refers to the stored grain. Zhou Shushi said: "The day of the Millennium, the geese come, the fifth day, the birds return, the fifth day, raising shame." You Zhu once explained: "Those who are honest and ashamed, storing food for the winter, are like hiding precious shame."