Plum blossoms in beginning of spring are particularly bright, and rain red apricots are fresh in bloom; I was shocked by the thunder in Lulin, and butterflies danced among the flowers at the vernal equinox. Qingming kite is broken, Grain Rain tender tea jade company; Mulberry fruits in long summer are like cherries, and Xiaoman raises silkworms and cultivates fields. Before the mango seedlings are put into court, the summer solstice rice flowers are like white practice; The light summer wind urges the early beans to ripen, and the Chi Pan enjoys the red lotus in the hot summer. Beginning of autumn cicadas make people sleep, and sunflower smiles in the summer.
The white dew is returning to the wild goose, and the autumn equinox is full of osmanthus fragrance. Cold dew vegetable seedlings are green in the field, and first frost reed flowers float all over the sky; Beginning of winter reported good news and offered three rewards, and light snow and goose feathers flew in pieces. The snow is cold and the plum blossoms are crazy in the wind, and the winter solstice is full of snow. A little cold wanderer is homesick, and the end of the cold year celebrates reunion.
24 solar terms are: beginning of spring, Rain, Jing Zhe, Spring Equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, long summer, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Slight Summer Heat, beginning of autumn, Chushu, Bailu, Autumn Equinox, Cold Dew, first frost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold and Severe Cold.
A survey of the custom culture of the twenty-four solar terms
Twenty-four solar terms scientifically reveal the law of astronomical and meteorological changes, which skillfully combines astronomy, agriculture, phenology and folk customs, and derives a large number of related seasonal cultures, which has become an important part of Chinese traditional culture. In order to express the time series characteristics more accurately, the ancients divided the solar terms into four groups: minute, arrival, opening and closing.
"Minute" means vernal equinox and autumn equinox; The "solstice" is the summer solstice and the winter solstice; "Kai" is beginning of spring and long summer, "Closed" is beginning of autumn and beginning of winter. Beginning of spring, long summer, beginning of autumn and beginning of winter, collectively known as the "Four Stands". The combination of "Si Li" and "Divide into two" is called "eight festivals", which is called "four seasons and eight festivals" by the people.
As a traditional agricultural society, the ancients attached great importance to beginning of spring's Lunar New Year, during which various folk activities were held. In ancient times, the importance of etiquette and customs was not the first month of the lunar calendar, but beginning of spring Day; Major worship of gods and ancestors, exorcising evil spirits and eliminating disasters, praying for blessings in the New Year and welcoming the New Year are all arranged on beginning of spring Day and a few days before and after; This series of festival activities not only constitute the framework of the new year's eve festival in later generations, but also its folk function has remained to this day.
According to the law of solar terms, beginning of spring is the beginning of the rising of Yang in the "Yin and Yang" qi. Since beginning of spring, Yang has changed and Yang has risen, and beginning of spring marks the rebirth of all things and the beginning of a new cycle. The winter solstice is the starting point of the return of the sun. Since the winter solstice, the height of the sun has risen and the daytime has increased day by day. The winter solstice marks the new birth of the sun and the round-trip movement of the sun into a new cycle.
Among the "Four Seasons and Eight Festivals", the winter solstice is as important as beginning of spring New Year's Day. In the long farming society, the 24 solar terms play an important role and have rich cultural connotations. Some solar terms, such as beginning of spring, Winter Solstice and Qingming Festival, are both natural solar terms and important folk festivals. Other solar terms have also spawned a large number of related folk culture.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Twenty-four solar terms for the above contents.