1、Chapter 20The 24 Solar Terms In the ancient times,there was a general name for a group of seasons,i.e.the Twenty-four Solar Terms from the Beginning of Spring to Great Cold.It shows the relationship between universe,season,climate and agriculture,which is unique creation by Chinese ancestors.To date
2、,it has functioned as a complete set of weather calendar to guide the agricultural production in ChinaSpring begins is the stare of the twenty-four solar terms,people attaches great importance to the solar terms.China has early spring ceremony 3000 years ago,has formed many fixed customs and habits.
3、Spring begins The rains At this point,the rise of temperature,ice and snow melt,precipitation increased,hence the name for the rains.Insects awaken 惊蛰After the insects awaken,it is spring day warm,at the beginning of spring thunder sounded,awakened dormant period of hibernation in the soil of a vari
4、ety of insects,the winter will start hatching eggs,thus the insects awaken is reflect natural phenological phenomena of a solar term Vernal EquinoxEach year at the vernal equinox day,tens of millions of people around the world willdo the egg testClear and bright Rains fall slightly as The qingming f
5、estival comes,and passers-by with lowered spirits go.Tang dynasty poet Du Mu eternal scene,vivid images of the outline of Clear and bright rainGrain rain Grain rain solar term name,from the ancients gave birth to the valleys rain said,said this period of precipitation to crop growth is very importan
6、t.But the grain rain valley,millet is not only a kind of crops,but is the floorboard of the crops.Summer beginsPeople used to place on the summer begins as temperature increased significantly,in the hot summer will,thunderstorm,entered the peak season to grow crops is one of the most important solar
7、 terms.After the summer begins,is a critical period of early rice accumulates ZaiCha,sooner or later,and this time the rain comes and amount of rainfall,and closely related to the harvest in the future.Grain buds Since grain full,barley,wheat has been as a result,the summer harvest crops,such as gra
8、in gradually see full,but not yet mature,so called grain budsGrain in ear Grain in ear-such as wheat and barley are mans crops to mature,and seed.Every year on 5th June for grain in earSummer solstice Every year on June 21 or 22,for the summer solstice,the sun and the tropic of cancer is in the nort
9、hern hemisphere daylight on the longest day of the year,across the south,from sunrise to sunset is mostly for fourteen hours.Summer solstice day although the longest day,the sun Angle is the highest,but its not the hottest time of the yearSlight heat Before and after slight heat,I save much thunders
10、torms weather,is a severe thunderstorm weather phenomenon,often associated with short accompanied by strong winds,heavy rain,and sometimes hailGreat Heat.Is the hottest period,the highest temperature,fastest growing,most parts of the most frequent drought,waterlogging,wind and rush in the harvest bu
11、sy planting,drought waterlogging drainage control stage and field management task is very heavy.Folk have drink fu tea(喝伏茶）喝伏茶）,sun fu jiang（晒伏姜）（晒伏姜）,burn FuXiang（烧伏香伏香0custom,etcAutumn begins August 7,8 or 9,beginning of autumn.Autumn is refers to the heat to cool to,means the beginning of autumn.
12、In the beginning of autumn,buttonwood will start falling leaves,hence autumn fall leaf known idiomStopping the heat Meaning is the hot summer is overWhite dews When temperature began to fall,the weather turns cool,is on the grass in the morning dew.After is the millennium of the Gregorian calendar e
13、very year on September 7.Autumn Equinox the sun in the day to the longitude 180 degrees,direct the earths equator,therefore this divide,night and day,24 hours a day,each 12 hours;No white nights polar night phenomenon around the worldCold dews Frost solar terms contain the weather gets colder,the fi
14、rst frost meant that the last solar term is the autumn,also means the beginning of winter,Hoar-frost falls Is the last solar term of autumn Also means the beginning of the winterWinter begins is an important festival in the ancient society,the day the emperor led civil-military baiguan to the citys
15、northern outskirts altar fete.In the present,people in the day of the beginning of winter,also want to celebrate.Light snow Gradually fall below 0,the temperature drops,but the earth has not been too cold,though it began to snow,but snow is not big,therefore calls light snowHeavy snow Snow mean the
16、weather is colder,the possibility of snow have bigger than when light snow,doesnt mean snow must be largeIn northern China and eat dumplings,on this day in many parts of the southern custom of eating dumplingsThis day is the day was shortest in the northern hemisphere,the longest day of the nightWinter Solstice For China,slight cold marked the start into the coldest day of the yearSlight cold Great coldIt is one of the twenty-four solar terms the last solar termThank you!
