On the custom of the twenty-four solar terms

The customs of the 24 solar terms are: beginning of spring, raining, crawling, vernal equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Changxia, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Slight Summer, Great Summer, beginning of autumn, Early Summer, White Dew, Autumn Equinox, Cold Dew, Early Frost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold. Examples are as follows:

1, beginning of spring

Beginning of spring means the beginning of a new cycle, which is the beginning of everything and the meaning of all self-renewal. During the early spring, the temperature, sunshine and rainfall began to rise and increase. Beginning of spring is called the first month festival, the establishment of the Spring Festival, the beginning of a year and the beginning of a year. In this festival, there are ceremonies and activities to celebrate the Spring Festival. In ancient times, Hou Lichun wanted to put up "Yichun" spring stickers, bid farewell to old cloth, pray for the Spring Festival, and offer sacrifices to the Spring God and Tai Sui.

2. Mangzhong

In typical summer, the weather is quite hot, and crops with awns such as wheat are ripe. Summer harvest, summer sowing and Shimonoseki are collectively called "three summers". On this day, people have the custom of "sending flowers to the gods" in their leisure and busy time.

According to the old saying, after the ear planting festival, when the fragrant flower shakes off and the flower god abdicates, the world will solemnly bid her farewell to show its gratitude. From this, we can see that the ancients were close to nature and showed sensitivity and attention to ecology.

3. Shocked

This solar term means that after beginning of spring, the climate gets warmer, the spring thunder starts to shake, and all kinds of hibernating animals that are dormant in the soil will wake up and start to move, so it is called a fright. During this period, the eggs laid by overwintering insects will also begin to hatch. Parts of China have entered the spring ploughing season.

4. vernal equinox

The sun is above the equator at the vernal equinox. This is the 90-day vernal equinox of spring. On this day, the northern and southern hemispheres are equal in day and night, so it is called the vernal equinox. After this day, the direct position of the sun continued to move from the equator to the northern hemisphere, and the northern hemisphere began to have long days and short nights. So the vernal equinox is the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere. Overwintering crops in most parts of China have entered the spring growth stage.

5. Long summer

This is the beginning of summer. Since then, everything has grown vigorously. Traditionally, long summer is regarded as one of the most important solar terms when the temperature rises significantly, the summer heat approaches, thunderstorms increase and crops enter the peak season.

6.xiaoman

Xiaoman reflects the climate characteristics of heavy rainfall, and Xiaoman is full of rivers. Another explanation is that the seeds of summer grain in the north are full, but immature, just small and not full.

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