The meaning of the twenty-four solar terms in Song Dynasty: plum blossoms in beginning of spring are particularly bright, apricot blossoms in the rain, thunder and thunder, butterfly dancing among flowers in the vernal equinox, kites broken in Qingming Festival, and tender tea in Grain Rain. Mulberry fruits are like cherries in the long summer, silkworms are cultivated in the small man, jade seedlings grow in front of the courtyard, rice and flowers are like white practice in the summer solstice, Xia Feng urges early beans to ripen, and Chi Pan enjoys red lotus in the summer.

Qiu Chan makes people sleep, sunflower smiles in summer, and the Millennium returns to the wild goose. In the autumnal equinox, osmanthus flowers are fragrant all over the garden, cold dew vegetables are green, and the first frost reeds are floating all over the sky. Beginning of winter reported good news and offered three blessings, with light snow and goose feathers flying all over the sky, heavy snow and cold plums rushing against the wind, till the day is full of snow, the slight cold is homesick, and the great cold is reunited at the end of the year.

The moral of "Twenty-four solar term song" is: Tell everyone about the changes of seasons, and the twenty-four solar terms can guide agricultural activities and affect the food, clothing, housing and transportation of thousands of families.

The origin of the twenty-four solar terms Song:

Among the 24 solar terms, there are eight solar terms: beginning of spring, Spring Equinox, Long Summer, Summer Solstice, beginning of autumn, Autumn Equinox, beginning of winter and Winter Solstice. The weather changes are expressed by twelve solar terms: rain, Grain Rain, little summer, big summer, early summer, white dew, cold dew, first frost, light snow, heavy snow, slight cold and severe cold. Farming and others have four solar terms: fright, Qingming, Xiaoman and Mangzhong.

Twenty-four solar terms are traditional folk festivals in China. As early as the Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period, the summer solstice, winter solstice, vernal equinox and autumn equinox were determined by measuring the sun shadow with soil gauge. The twenty-four solar terms divide a year into twenty-four equal parts and give each equal part a name, which is the origin of the twenty-four solar terms. Later, the twenty-four solar terms were compiled into songs, which were called twenty-four solar term song for short.

"Twenty-four solar term song" is a small poem compiled for the convenience of remembering the twenty-four solar terms in the ancient calendar of China. So far, many versions have been circulated, which embodies the labor wisdom of the working people in ancient China. Twenty-four solar terms are the original cultural heritage of working people in China, which can reflect the changes of seasons, guide agricultural activities and affect the food, clothing, housing and transportation of thousands of households.