Twenty-four solar terms and solar terms songs

The twenty-four solar terms are: Beginning of Spring, Rain, Waking of Insects, Vernal Equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Beginning of Summer, Xiaoman, Ear Grain, Summer Solstice, Minor Heat and Great Heat , the beginning of autumn, the end of summer, white dew, autumnal equinox, cold dew, frost, the beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice, light cold, and severe cold.

As the saying goes, "If the name is incorrect, the words will not be correct." Chinese people are very careful about choosing names. Not to mention naming the years? Then be more cautious. Each name of the twenty-four solar terms has full consideration and origin.

"The beginning of spring", "the beginning of summer", "the beginning of autumn" and "the beginning of winter" are the first, seventh, thirteenth and nineteenth solar terms respectively. The four solar terms are divided into four equal parts, dividing the year evenly. Each portion is a season, spring, summer, autumn and winter. "Li" means "establish", reflecting the beginning of each season.

The "Spring Equinox", "Autumn Equinox", "Summer Solstice" and "Winter Solstice" are divided from an astronomical perspective and reflect the turning points of the changes in the height of the sun seen on the earth. As we all know, the sun does not always shine vertically at the Earth's equator. The sun's highest point moves back and forth between the Tropics of Cancer and Tropics of Cancer on Earth. The sun shines directly on the Tropic of Cancer, and the northern hemisphere where China is located is the "summer solstice", which means "the summerest". "Zhi" means the most, such as "supreme" and "strongest and strongest". On this day, the northern hemisphere has the longest day and the shortest night. From then on, the direct point of the sun gradually moves south, and when it reaches the direct equator, it is the "autumn equinox" and the northern hemisphere enters autumn. When the sun continues to move south and hits the Tropic of Capricorn, the northern hemisphere is the "winter solstice" - meaning "winter", with the longest night and the shortest day. After that, the sun gradually moves north and shines directly on the equator again, which is the "Spring Equinox" in the northern hemisphere. The weather gradually becomes hotter and the days become longer. It's like this all year round, the four seasons reincarnate.

"Small Heat", "Great Heat", "End Heat", "Small Cold" and "Great Cold" reflect changes in temperature. "Shu" means heat, and "chu" means stop. "Small heat" means little heat, "big heat" means big heat, and "chushu" means no heat; Xiaohan means "little cold" and "big cold" means big cold.

"Rain", "Grain Rain", "Light Snow" and "Heavy Snow" reflect the time and intensity of rainfall and snowfall. "Rain" means more rainfall. "Grain Rain", when it rains, the millet is growing; "Light Snow", when it begins to snow; and "Heavy Snow", when it snows a lot.

"White dew", "cold dew" and "frost fall" mean that the temperature drops and water vapor in the air condenses. "White dew" means dew has begun to appear; "cold dew" means the dew has become cold; "frost drop" means not dew, but frost.

"Jingzhe" and "Qingming" reflect changes in animals and the environment in nature. "Jingzhe", spring thunder begins, awakening hibernating animals. Hibernation (zhé) refers to animals hibernating. "Qingming" means that everything in nature is clean and clear, and the whole nature feels refreshing.

"Xiaoman" and "awnzhong" reflect the maturity of crops. "Xiaoman" means that the barley and wheat fruits in the Yellow River Basin are beginning to be full but not yet mature. Ear seed means that the wheat with awns has matured, and the rice with awns needs to be planted.

The twenty-four solar terms are allocated to the twelve months of the lunar calendar. Each month has two solar terms, which together form this song: "The first month of the year is the beginning of spring, rain, the second month is the awakening of insects, the vernal equinox, and the third month is the spring equinox." Qingming and Grain Rain, Beginning of Summer and Xiaoman in April, Summer Solstice in May, Slight and Severe Heat in June, Beginning of Autumn and End of Heat in July, White Dew and Autumnal Equinox in August, Cold Dew and Frost in September, Beginning of Winter and light snow in October, and Heavy Snow in November , winter solstice, minor cold and major cold in December.” In the first half of the year, the two solar terms of each month are around the sixth and twenty-first day of the lunar month respectively, while in the second half of the year they are around the eighth and twenty-third day of the lunar month respectively. The difference is at most one or two days. This is the complete "Song of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms": "The spring rain shocks the spring and clears the valley. The summer is full of awns and the summer is hot. The autumn is dew, the autumn is cold and the frost falls, and the winter is snowy and the winter is cold. The dates of the two festivals every month are fixed, and the difference is only one or two at most. Day. The first half of the year falls on the 21st, and the second half of the year falls on the 823rd.”