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Can you tell the difference between the traditional festivals in China and the 24 solar terms?

Solar terms refer to the twenty-four solar terms and climate, which is a supplementary calendar formulated by China in ancient times to guide farming, and is the crystallization of the long-term experience and wisdom of the working people of the ancient Han nationality. Because China is an agricultural society, agriculture needs to know the movement of the sun strictly, and farming is carried out entirely according to the sun, so the "twenty-four solar terms" that reflect the solar cycle alone are added to the calendar as the criteria for determining leap months. China's orthodox 24 solar terms are based on Henan. China's lunar calendar is a combination of yin and yang, which is based on the movement of the sun and the moon, so adding 24 solar terms can better reflect the cycle of the sun's movement.