The twenty-four seasons table jingle: spring rain startled spring clear valley day, summer full of mango summer heat connected. Autumn dew fall frost fall, winter snow snow winter small big cold. The first half of the six twenty-one, the second half of the eight twenty-three. The two monthly dates are set, with a difference of one or two days at the most.
The spring plum blossoms are very colorful, and the red apricot blossoms are fresh in the rain; the hibernation is heard in the forests, and the butterflies are dancing among the flowers at the spring equinox. Qingming kite flying broken line, Guyu tender tea emerald even; Rixia mulberry fruit like cherries, small full of sericulture and planting. Mangsui jade rice planting in front of the court, the summer solstice rice flowers such as white practice; small summer wind catalyzed early beans ripe, the summer pool to enjoy the red lotus. Autumn is a time to sleep, the sunflower in the summer is smiling; white dew swallows and geese, the autumn equinox cinnamon fragrance full of garden. Cold dew vegetable seedling field green, frost rutabaga floating all over the sky; winter report to offer three Rui, snow goose feather piece fly. The snowy cold plum meets the wind wild, the winter solstice snow omen abundant year; small cold travelers think of home return, big cold years at the end of the celebration of reunion.
Lichun, Li, is the "beginning" of the meaning; spring, representing the warmth, growth. Spring and summer, autumn, winter, reflecting the change of seasons, the spring marked the winter has passed, began to enter the wind and warmth, the growth of spring. Stem and branch chronicle, to the spring for the first year, the spring is the beginning of everything, all the meaning of rebirth, means that a new cycle has been opened.
The rainy season marks the beginning of rainfall, and suitable precipitation is important for the growth of crops. The rainy season, the sun's point of direct sunlight from the southern hemisphere gradually to the equator close to the northern hemisphere, the number of hours of sunshine and the intensity of sunshine are increasing, the temperature rebound faster, from the ocean's warm and humid air began to be active, and gradually to the north to meet with the cooler air, the formation of rainfall, but the amount of rainfall level more than a drizzle or a light drizzle is given priority to. Rainy season, the north of China's cold and cloudy, some places are still snowing, not yet spring weather; most places in the south is full of spring, a picture of early spring.
Hibernation, reflecting the phenomenon of natural organisms affected by rhythmic changes and the emergence of growth. When it comes to hibernation, Yang Qi rises, the temperature warms up, the spring thunder moves at first, the rain increases, and everything is full of vitality. Farming production and nature's rhythms are closely related to the hibernation season in farming has considerable significance, since ancient times our people attach great importance to the hibernation of this season, it is regarded as the beginning of the spring plowing season. It is a reflection of the ancient farming culture for the natural seasons.
The spring equinox, also known as "the middle of the day", "day and night", "the month of mid-spring", "the rising equinox". the name. The significance of the equinox, one refers to the time of day day and night is divided equally, each for 12 hours; the second is the equinox of the spring (spring to summer) three months, divided equally in the spring. The equinox is important in astronomy, the northern and southern hemispheres, day and night, since this day after the direct position of the sun continues to move from the equator to the northern hemisphere, the northern hemisphere day began to be longer than the night. Vernal equinox also has more obvious characteristics in the climate, this time of the year the weather is warm, abundant rain, sunny.
Ching Ming, is to reflect the natural changes in the climate of the festival, this time of the year the sun is bright, the grass and trees are budding, the air is clear and the scenery is clear, all things are visible, the natural world presents a vibrant scene. By the time of Qingming, in the southern part of China has been the climate is fresh and warm, the earth presents the image of spring and scenery; in the northern part of the region also began to break the snow, gradually entering the sunny spring.
Grain rain, is the meaning of the "rain", at this time the precipitation increased significantly, the field of seedlings in the first insertion, the new crop, the most in need of rain moisturizing, as the so-called "spring rain is as expensive as oil". Rainfall is sufficient and timely, cereal crops can thrive. Grain rain and rain, small full, snow, snow and other festivals, are reflecting the precipitation phenomenon of the festival, is the ancient farming culture for the seasonal reflection.
The beginning of summer signifies the farewell to spring and the beginning of summer. After the beginning of summer, sunshine increases, gradually warms up, thunderstorms increase, and crops enter a stage of vigorous growth. Almanac: "Doo refers to the southeast dimension, for the beginning of summer, everything grows up to this point, so the name of the beginning of summer also."
Small fullness, means entering the rainy season of significant precipitation, the rain began to increase, often sustained widespread heavy precipitation. Xiaoman reflects the climatic characteristics of heavy rainfall: "Xiaoman Xiaoman, the rivers are gradually full." In the northern region at this time of year rainfall is small or no rain, another interpretation of Xiaoman refers to the northern wheat and other summer crops such as the seeds began to irrigate, just a small full, not yet fully full.
Mangshao, is "awned cereal crops can be planted" meaning. Lunar calendar book said: "Doo refers to the Si for the mango, this time can be planted with awn of the grain, after this is invalid, so the name of the mango is also." Means that, the mango festival is suitable for planting awned cereal crops; it is also planting crops timing of the cut-off point, over which is invalid. Proverb "mango seed not planted, and then planted useless" is the truth. This time of year, the temperature rises significantly, rainfall, air humidity, suitable for late rice and other cereal crops. Farming to "mango seed" this festival as the boundary, after this planting survival rate is getting lower and lower. It is a reflection of the ancient farming culture of the festival.
The summer solstice is the extreme point of the sun's northward journey, when the sun's rays hit the Tropic of Cancer, and the sun's point of direct sunlight shifts southward thereafter. Summer solstice this day in the northern hemisphere north of the Tropic of Cancer, the highest noon sun height, daytime to reach the longest time of the year, after the summer solstice sun height decreases day by day. But for places south of the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun's rays are still increasing after the summer solstice.
Small summer, summer is the meaning of hot, small summer for small hot, not very hot. It means that the weather is starting to get hot, but not to the hottest. Although the small summer is not the hottest season of the year, but immediately after the hottest season of the year is the summer, folk "small summer, summer, on the steam under the boil" said. China's many places since the summer into the most thunderstorms.
The great summer, refers to the extreme heat. Big summer relative to small summer, more hot, is the most sunshine in the year, the hottest season, "wet and hot steam" at this time to reach the peak. Big summer weather characteristics: high temperature, heat, thunderstorms, typhoons are frequent. This time of year the sun is fierce, high temperature and humidity and rain, although not free from the pain of hot and humid, but very conducive to the growth of crops, crops grow fastest during this period.
The beginning of autumn means that we have entered the fall season. It is the node where yang qi gradually collects and yin qi gradually grows, gradually changing from yangheng to yinheng. Autumn also means that precipitation, humidity, etc., is at a turning point in the year, tends to decline or decrease; in nature, everything begins to grow from luxuriant growth tends to be depressed and mature.
The first heat, that is, "out of the summer", is the meaning of the heat to leave. In the summer, the direct sun continues to move south, solar radiation weakened, subtropical high pressure also retreat to the south, the temperature gradually fell, the summer gradually disappear. The summer heat means that the heat of the weather to the end, the weather during this period, although still hot, but has been a downward trend.
White Dew is an important festival reflecting the growth of cold in nature. As the weather gradually turns cooler, the day is still hot with sunshine, but once the sun goes down the temperature quickly drops, and the temperature difference between day and night widens. By White Dew, summer winds are gradually replaced by winter winds, the cold air to attack, coupled with the sun's point of direct sunlight to the south, the northern hemisphere sunshine time becomes shorter, the intensity of light is weakened, the ground radiant heat dissipation fast, so the temperature drop is gradually accelerated. White Dew basically ended the sultry heat of the summer days, the weather gradually turned cooler, cold born dew condensation.
Autumn equinox, "points" that is, "equal parts", "half" of the meaning of the autumnal equinox sunlight almost directly on the Earth's equator, the day and night around the globe is long. After the autumnal equinox, the sun continues to direct sunlight from the equator to the southern hemisphere, the northern hemisphere began to day short and night long, that is, within a day day day began to be shorter than the night; the southern hemisphere on the contrary. After the autumnal equinox, the position of direct sunlight moved to the southern hemisphere, the northern hemisphere is getting less and less solar radiation, the ground heat loss is more, the speed of temperature reduction accelerated significantly. By the time of the autumnal equinox, the summer heat had subsided, the weather turned cooler, summer and cool phase.
Cold Dew, is a festival that reflects the characteristics of climate change. Into the cold dew, there is cold air south, day and night temperature difference is large, and autumn dryness is obvious. After the cold dew, the northern cold air has a certain force, most of China under the control of cold high-pressure, the end of the rainy season.
Frost, reflecting the sudden drop in temperature, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and the autumn dryness is obvious climate characteristics. Frost season is characterized by colder weather in the morning and evening, still hot at noon, and a large temperature difference between day and night. On average across the country, frost is the time of year with the largest temperature difference between day and night. Since "frost" is a manifestation of cold weather and a big difference in temperature between day and night, it is named "Frostfall" to indicate the time of the year when "the temperature plummets and there is a big difference in temperature between day and night". After the frosty season, the late fall scene is obvious, cold air south more and more frequent.
Lidong is a seasonal festival that signifies the beginning of winter. Winter is the end of the year, when all things are collected. The winter, means that anger began to close storage, all things into the rest, collection state. Its climate is also from the autumn rain less dry gradually to the rainy cold winter climate change. After the winter sunshine time will continue to shorten, the height of the sun at noon continues to decrease. Winter ordinary prevalence of northeast and north winds, the temperature gradually decline, due to the surface of the stored heat there is a certain amount of energy, so the general early winter period is not very cold.
Little Snow, a festival that reflects precipitation and temperature, is a festival with a high frequency of cold waves and strong cold air activity. The arrival of the Little Snow festival means that the weather will get colder and the amount of precipitation will gradually increase. "Snow" is the product of cold water vapor, representing cold and precipitation. The climate at this time of the year is not yet cold and precipitation is not yet large, so "Xiaoxue" is used as a metaphor for the climate characteristics of this time of the year. The "little snow" is a metaphor, reflecting the active cold flow and increasing precipitation during this season, not indicating a very small amount of snow during this season.
Da Xue, like Xiao Xue, is a festival that reflects the trend of temperature and precipitation changes, and is a reflection of the ancient farming culture of the festival. Daxue is a festival that reflects the characteristics of the climate. Daxue is characterized by a significant drop in temperature and an increase in precipitation.
The winter solstice, reflecting the movement of direct sunlight, the winter solstice day the sun southward to the extreme, the sunlight directly to the Tropic of Capricorn, the northern hemisphere in the year the shortest daytime, the longest darkness of the day, since this day the sun's point of direct sunlight back to the north, the northern hemisphere around the northern hemisphere (our country is located in the northern hemisphere) sun altitude gradually rise, daytime grows day by day. The winter solstice is the turning point of the "sun travels south to the north to return", for the northern hemisphere, the height of the sun since then, the sunlight gradually enhanced.
Small cold, the weather is cold but not yet to the extreme meaning. After the winter solstice, cold air frequently southward, the temperature continues to drop, the temperature in the year of small cold, big cold occasion to the lowest. Proverb: "small cold at two or three nine, the sky is cold, cold to shake", which explains the cold degree of small cold season. Small cold season, the direct sun is still in the southern hemisphere, the northern hemisphere heat is still in the state of dissipation, the daytime absorption of heat is still less than the heat released at night, so the northern hemisphere temperatures continue to decline.
Da Cold, like Xiao Cold, is also a festival that indicates the degree of cold weather, and Da Cold means the weather is cold to the extreme. According to China's long-standing meteorological records, in the northern region the Big Cold festival is not as cold as the Little Cold; but for most of the southern region, it is the coldest in the Big Cold festival.
The Song of the Twenty-four Solar Terms is a small poem compiled to make it easier to memorize the twenty-four solar terms in the ancient Chinese calendar, which has been handed down in various versions and sung all over the world. The twenty-four solar terms originated in the Yellow River Valley. As far back as the Spring and Autumn Period, the four solar terms of mid-spring, mid-summer, mid-autumn and mid-winter were set. Later on, it was continuously improved and perfected, and by the Qin and Han Dynasties, the 24 solar terms had been fully established. In 104 B.C., the "Tai Chu Calendar" formally set the 24 solar terms in the calendar, clarifying the astronomical positions of the 24 solar terms. In order to facilitate people's farming and labor.