The origin of the 24 solar terms

Along with the Chinese calendar gaiden,The 24 solar termsHas spread to many parts of the world.

Spring:Set is the start of meaning, spring is the beginning of spring.

Spring bucket refers to the northeast.The sun is 315 degrees longitude.A solar term is the head of the 24 solar terms.Its meaning is to begin to enter in the spring, "Yang and sting, product content is spring, a spring, a vigorous revival, all the year round began.

Rain:Rainfall, rainfall is increasing.

Rainwater hopper nonyl.The sun is 330 degrees longitude.When the spring breeze blowing, ice and snow melt, the air is humid, rain, so called the rain.People often say: "stand gradually warmer, spring rain send fat busy".

Insects:Sting is a hidden meaning.Insects is refers to the thunderbolt, at first glance, awakened dormant in the soil hibernating animals.

Surprised zhi dou ding.The sun is 345 degrees longitude.The throttle said "spring" after the weather gets warmer, thunderbolt, mama moro, dormant in the soil of various kinds of hibernating animals will wake up began to move, so called insects awaken.The period for the winter worm ovulation will begin to hatch.Parts of our country into the spring planting season.Proverb: "insects, lukewarm thaw, toad old horn sing folk songs.""Insects awaken a plough the soil, the spring equinox to enrage tong.""Surprised zhi LeiXianMing that heavy rain like a dragon."

The vernal equinox:Points are split.Vernal equinox.

The vernal equinox bucket nonyl.The sun is 0 degrees longitude.The vernal equinox, the sun above the equator.This is in the spring of 90 days, the day north and south hemispheres day and night are equal, so called the vernal equinox.The day after the sun position then move to the north, the nights are short of the northern hemisphere.So the spring equinox is a spring in the northern hemisphere.In most of the winter into spring crop growth stage in our country.Around the farmer's proverb: "vernal equinox before, and m fights the money" (guangdong), "jia jia the rain permeated the vernal equinox, summer points burning day" (sichuan), "the spring rain every busy, kind of melon beans before planting" (hubei), "vernal equinox vegetables, great heat pick the melon" (hunan), "vernal equinox ZhongMa kinds of beans, autumnal equinox wheat seeds garlic" (anhui).

The tomb-sweeping day:It's sunny, lush.

The tomb-sweeping day dou refers to reading.The sun is 15 degrees longitude.The relaxed and warm climate, vegetation originating new branch bud, everything begins to grow, farmers are busy spring spring.Once upon a time, inThe qingming festivalOn this day, some people are at the door with willows, also to the outskirts for an outing, martyrsThe grave, this is the old custom.

Grain rain:The rain gave birth to the valley.Rainfall is adequate and timely, cereal crops can thrive.

Grain rain fights decyl.The sun is 30 degrees longitude.Is the meaning of raw grain, rain due to rain from the earth the corn grow, so the grain rain is valley "" rain.Proverbs cloud "before and after grain rain, kind of melon seeds beans".

Summer begins:The beginning of the summer.

Summer begins dou refers to the southeast.The sun for 45 degrees longitude.Is the beginning of summer into the summer, from now on, all strong power.Habits on the summer begins as a significant rise in temperature, hot summer will face, the storm increased, the growth of the crops into the peak period an important solar terms.

Grain full:The seeds of summer crops begin to be plump of wheat and barley, etc.

Grain full bucket nails.The sun is longitude 60 degrees.Starting from grain full, the summer harvest crops, such as barley, wheat, have the result, the grain full, but not yet mature, so called grain buds.

Grain in ear:Mature crops of wheat and barley are mans.

Grain in ear big dipper point to have.The sun is 75 degrees longitude.At this time is most suited to sow awned cereal crops, such as night valley, millet, millet, etc.If this time again there are mans and crops is not mature.At the same time, the "mountain" means a mans crops such as wheat, barley, "species" refers to the seeds.Grain in ear said that there are mans crops of wheat mature.Grain in ear, before and after China's central region of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze river, increased rainfall, higher temperatures, into the continuous rain the rainy season, the air is very humid, the weather is unusually hot, all kinds of instruments and clothing easy to mold, so in China's Yangtze river, downstream areas called huangmei "day".

The summer solstice:The hot summer.

The summer solstice beidou to point b.The sun is 90 degrees longitude.The sun "the summer solstice at longitude 90 degrees, direct sunshine almost above the tropic of cancer, at noon the sun is the highest.This day is in the northern hemisphere the shortest day of the longest day and night, from this day, in the hot season, at the same time, the universe grows the most exuberant.By heart in ancient times and called on this day, to the north, which means the sun birth to the most north of the day.After the summer solstice, the sun gradually moving to the south, the northern hemisphere day every day to shorten, and the night every day longer.

Slight heat:Heat is hot.Slight heat is climate began to hot.

Slight heat pipe refers to sheen.The sun is 105 degrees longitude.The weather is very hot, but it is not hot, so called slight heat.At this point, before and after ChuFu.

Big department:The hottest time of the year.

Great heat pipe refers to c.The sun is 120 degrees longitude.It means the hottest solar terms, is on duty before, during and after the ErFu many parts of the Yangtze river basin, often appear 40 ℃ high temperature weather.Do you want to work to prepare for cooling purposes.The solar terms much rain, in the "slight heat and great heat, and drownedThe mouseProverb says, "pay attention to the flood.

Autumn:The beginning of autumn.

The beginning of autumn the big dipper point to southwest.The sun is 135 degrees longitude.Autumn, fruitful achievements, means plants mature quickly.From this day fall, the air crisp, the moon is bright.Since then, the temperature drops from the hottest.

The limit of heat:Is terminated, the hidden meaning.The limit of heat is said the hot end of the summer.

Stopping the heat pipe to e.The sun is 150 degrees longitude.When the summer heat has an end.The heat will be scattered.It is a turning point temperature drop.Is the symbol of cool climate, said summer is terminated.

White dew:The weather turns cool, white dew condensation.

The millennium bucket decyl.The sun is 165 degrees longitude.The weather turns cool, most ground water vapor condensation.

Equinox:Equinox.

Equinox bucket has.The sun is 180 degrees longitude.With the spring equinox this day, sunshine almost the equator, day and night almost equal.From this day, the sun position to continue from the equator to the southern hemisphere, the northern hemisphere to long days and short nights.According to the theory of China's lunar autumn, this day just right is half in the fall of ninety days, thus the autumnal equinox.But in astronomy, northern hemisphere's autumn starts in the autumnal equinox.

Cold dew:The dew to cold, going to freeze.

Cold dew dou nails.The sun is 195 degrees longitude.After the millennium, the weather turns cool, began to appear dew, in the cold dew, dew day many, lower the temperature and air.So, someone says, cold is the dew qi, white and cold, the first is climate will gradually turn cold.While the moisture condensed white dew.

Frost:The weather gets colder, start with frost.

The sun is 210 degrees longitude frost comes.The weather has been cold, began to have frost, so called frost.

The beginning of winter.The beginning of winter.

The beginning of winter to the sun for longitude 225 degrees.Traditionally, our people made this day as the start of winter.Winter, as the end of the meaning of "refers to the field operation is over one year, after crop harvest to collect together.After the beginning of winter, Huang Hezhong, downstream is frozen in our country, our country farmers will have to turn to irrigation and water conservancy infrastructure and other farming activities.

Light snow:startIt snows。

Light snow sun longitude for 240.The temperature drops, began to snow, but less than the snowing season, so the name is light snow.Before and after light snow, the Yellow River basin began to snow, the south snow even later two solar term);And the north, has entered the frozen season.

Snow:Snow, the ground may be snow.

Snow, the sun is 255 degrees longitude.Before and after the heavy snow, the Yellow River basin area of snow;And the north, is a "freeze, you spend drifting" winter.

The winter solstice:The cold winter.

The winter solstice sun for longitude 270 degrees.Almost winter solstice this day, sunshine point-blank tropic of Capricorn, we in the northern hemisphere the shortest, the longest night, began to enter the midwinter.Astronomy provisions on this day is the beginning of the northern hemisphere winter.After the winter solstice, the sun position gradually moving north, in the northern hemisphere would gradually long during the day, is the cloud: eat the winter solstice, a long line.

Slight cold:Climate is getting colder.

The sun is 285 degrees longitude.Slight cold, begin to enter the cold season.Cold air conditioning JiJiu, slight cold is cold but not to the fullest.

It is:The coldest time of the year.

It is the sun is 300 degrees longitude.It is to the extreme cold weather.It is the coldest season of the year before and after.Great cold during the lump-sum, proverbs cloud: after the cold.

After severe cold, the spring coming, the weather becomes warmer.So far the earth makes one revolution round the sun, in a loop.