Now, let's begin our brief introduction of the six solar terms for winter.
# 1 the Beginning of Winter
Nov.7 or 8
# 2 Lesser Snow
Nov.22 or 23
# 3 Greater Snow
Dec.6,7 or 8
# 4 the Winter Solstice
Dec.21,22 or 23
# 5 Lesser Cold
Jan.5,6 or 7
# 6 Greater Cold
Jan.20 or 2
So far I finished all introduction of 24 solar terms in China.
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]]>The following are the six solar terms for autumn.
# 1 the Beginning of Autumn
Aug.7,8 or 9
# 2 the End of Heat
Aug.22,23 or 24
# 3 White Dew
Sep.7,8 or 9
# 4 the Autumn Equinox
Sep.22,23 or 24
# 5 Cold Dew
Oct.8 or 9
# 6 Frost's Descent
Oct.23 or 24
Next time, I will share other 6 solar terms of winter for you. See you next time.
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]]>Today, we are going to continue our brief introduction of Chinese 24 Solar Terms. Last Saturday was one of our 24 solar terms-Greater Heat. It often appeared at Jul.22,23 or 24 each year.
The following are the six solar terms for summer.
The above are 6 solar terms in summer. And Greater Heat is the hottest solar term in the year. We all feel the hotness these days. So, what should we do to keep cool?
Maybe is to wear a hat because you will feel extremely hot if you don’t wear it. How to choose? Just meet the following points: protect against the sun, heat dissipation, breezy and perspiration absorption. And you’d better choose the light color, especially the white one.
Next time, I will share other 6 solar terms of autumn for you. See you next time.
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]]>Based on the practical needs of agriculture, Chinese people initiated the 24 solar terms towards the end of the Warring States Period (475 B.C.-221 B. C.). The term "solar terms" can be found in Yellow Emperor' s Canon of Internal Medicine. In this book, every five days was called a hou, and every three hou made a qi. Therefore, a year was divided into 72 hou, or 24 qi. But the names for these solar terms did not appear until the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-24 A. D.) in Huainanzi.
The 24 solar terms were determined by the changes of the sun’s position in the zodiac all through the year. A complete circle of the changes was divided into 24 segments, and each segment is about half a month. In the lunar calendar, the date of each solar term is basically fixed, with minor changes within one or two days. As a reflection of the regularity of the changes of the climate in the areas of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, the 24 solar terms are still being used by the farmers.
The following is a brief chronological introduction of the first six solar terms.
The introduction of 24 solar terms in China is over today. There are 18 solar terms without introduction. If you want to learn more introductions of the other solar terms. Please wait for our next introduction of solar terms.
[Reference: ebeijing.gov.cn]
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