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What are the 24 solar terms of traditional festivals in China?

The 24 solar terms are: beginning of spring, Rain, Sting, Spring Equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Changxia, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Slight Summer, beginning of autumn, Early Summer, Millennium, Autumn Equinox, Cold Dew, Early Frost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold and Great Cold.

Traditional festivals in China: Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Head Rise, Shangsi Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Laba Festival and New Year's Eve.

1. In the spring, there is a custom of "biting spring". Beginning of spring's eating spring cakes is a good blessing to "a year's plan lies in spring". And "biting the spring" and chewing the radish is what the ancients said, "biting the grass roots is omnipotent."

2. In some areas of our country, son-in-law and daughter should send festivals to their parents-in-law on rainy days. Gifts are usually a cotton belt 10 feet long, which is called "Shoushou", which means wishing parents-in-law a long life.

3. Twenty-four solar terms can reflect the changes of seasons, guide farming activities, and affect the food, clothing, housing and transportation of thousands of households. When the seasons alternate between yin and yang, we should pay attention to cold and warmth, protect the hepatobiliary system and prevent diseases such as cholecystitis and gallstones. In terms of diet conditioning, it is necessary to drink more water and eat warm food, which can play the role of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, nourishing yin and promoting body fluid.