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Why do we need to learn the 24 solar terms?

The unique style of painting exudes a unique Chinese flavor, with a simple but far-reaching composition, which is really eye-pleasing and heart-pleasing.

It can be said that the festive seasons are part of our daily life, because many of our customs are related to the festive seasons, such as "eating spring vegetables at the vernal equinox", "eating green dumplings at the Qingming Festival", "eating watermelon at the beginning of the autumn", "eating watermelon at the end of the winter", "eating watermelon at the end of the winter" and "eating watermelon at the end of the winter". "eating spring vegetables at the spring equinox", "eating green dumplings at Qingming", "eating watermelon at the beginning of autumn", "eating dumplings at the winter solstice" and so on, and millions of Chinese families all do the same thing at the same time, which is the power of the festival.

China's "twenty-four solar terms" have been officially selected as part of the world's intangible cultural heritage on November 30, 2016, and are regarded as China's "fifth great invention". It is the world's most poetic calendar, the ancient people is the ancient Chinese millennium of farming culture of the exquisite summary, is our Chinese civilization bloomed a brilliant flower of wisdom.

Such a traditional cultural treasure needs to be carefully studied and inherited by our children.

In early 2017, the State Council issued a relevant document to promote a major national policy of comprehensively revitalizing traditional Chinese culture, aiming to cultivate children's sense of belonging and pride in their own national culture from an early age. The festivals, as the essence of traditional culture, have also been compiled into the second-grade curriculum of elementary school, and are mandatory for every child to learn in the classroom.

But what they learn in the classroom is often written, with children having to memorize many of the elements, and their teachers giving them test papers to check how well they've learned. It's hard to really get kids interested in the seasons with this kind of rote learning.

It's hard to get kids interested in learning with a paper like this

So is there a better way to introduce kids to the solar system?

Of course there is, and I'd like to introduce this app to moms today.

The ProBaby app centers on the twenty-four solar terms, providing children with twenty-four interesting short stories, each told in a sweet voice by a professional announcer. Through listening to the audio, children can learn about the traditional folk culture of solar terms and acquire a lot of life knowledge through the interesting stories.