What is a short introduction to the 24 solar terms?

Introduction to the 24 Solar Terms:

Lichun: Lichun means beginning, and Lichun is the beginning of spring.

Rain: the beginning of rainfall, the amount of rain gradually increases.

Hibernation: hibernation means hiding. Hibernation means the first stirring of spring thunder, which awakens the animals hibernating in the earth.

Spring Equinox: Equinox means equal division. Spring Equinox indicates the equal division of day and night.

Ching Ming: The weather is clear and the grass is lush.

Grain Rain: Rain produces all kinds of grains. With sufficient and timely rain, cereal crops can thrive.

Lixia: the beginning of summer.

Xiaoman: the beginning of fullness of seeds of summer crops such as wheat.

Mangseed: wheat and other awned crops ripen.

Summer Solstice: the arrival of the hot summer.

Small Summer: summer means hot. Xiaosummer is when the climate starts to get hot.

Great Summer: the hottest time of the year.

Autumn: the beginning of fall.

The first heat: the first heat means to end, to hide. The first heat is to indicate the end of the hot summer days.

White Dew: the weather turns cooler and the dew condenses and turns white.

Autumn Equinox: the equal division of day and night.

Cold Dew: the dew is cold and will freeze.

Frost: the weather is getting colder and frost begins to form.

Lidong: the beginning of winter.

Little Snow: the beginning of snow.

Large snow: snowfall increases and snow may accumulate on the ground.

Winter Solstice: the onset of cold winter.

Small Cold: the climate starts to get cold.

Daihan: the coldest time of the year.

Significance of the 24 Solar Terms:

The 24 Solar Terms are not only the time guidelines issued by the government, but also the compasses for guiding agricultural production, and the compasses for people to foretell the cold, warmth, snow, and rain in daily life. The 24 solar terms accurately reflect the changes of the seasons and are used to guide agricultural activities, affecting the clothing, food, housing and transportation of thousands of families. The 24 solar terms scientifically reveal the laws of astronomical and meteorological changes.

The twenty-four solar terms have skillfully combined astronomy, agriculture, weather and folklore, and have given rise to a large number of seasonal cultures, which have become an important part of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation.