What does 4: 08 mean? What does 4: 8 mean?

1, 4: 08: refers to all solar terms in a year. This is from Shu Jing Zhou Kuai. Four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Eight festivals: beginning of spring, Spring Equinox, Long Summer, Summer Solstice, beginning of autumn, Autumn Equinox, beginning of winter and Winter Solstice. Refers to all solar terms in a year.

2. Later, according to the position of the sun on the ecliptic, people divided the year into twenty-four segments, including twelve solar terms such as "rain" and "vernal equinox", and twelve solar terms such as "beginning of spring" and "fright", which were collectively called "twenty-four solar terms".