There are 24 solar terms in the old saying of Ningbo.

"If you eat an egg in the long summer, the slate will collapse." In the past, there was a shortage of materials and people had nothing to eat. In the long summer, they can eat eggs, and suddenly they have the strength to collapse even the solid slate. In addition, this proverb says that people will have strength after eating eggs, and they will have more strength to do farm work after a long summer.

"The summer solstice is full of red bayberry, and the summer bayberry is going to have insects." Ms. Zhou, an old saying in Ningbo, said that the summer solstice is around June 2 1, and the summer heat is generally around July 7. This time is the bayberry season in Ningbo, so we should hurry to pick them, or we won't be able to eat bayberry when it is hot in summer.

"Xiaoman doesn't go up the mountain, but he kills the old duck." It means that if the baby silkworm doesn't cocoon in Xiaoman solar terms, there will be no silk and it will be discarded by its owner.

"Sloppy winter is a clean year, and clean winter is a sloppy year." This proverb is also widely circulated in Ningbo, saying that it rains from winter to Sunday, and the days after that are basically sunny. On the contrary, the winter solstice will be wet and rainy.

But meteorologists point out that the weather is ever-changing, and sometimes solar term proverbs are not completely accurate. Because of word of mouth, catchy, so handed down, and gradually become a culture, the guiding significance of production and life can not be generalized.

Extended data:

"Twenty-four solar terms" is an astronomical and meteorological calendar summarized by working people in ancient China. The ancient calendar in China was a "combined calendar of yin and yang": the lunar calendar was based on the full and short term of the moon, the first and fifteenth days; "Twenty-four solar terms" is a kind of solar calendar, which is formulated according to the annual movement of the sun. The ancients divided the sun's annual trajectory into 24 equal parts, and each equal part was a "solar term", collectively called "twenty-four solar terms".

Human society has entered the information age. Does the "twenty-four solar terms" still have an impact on our present life? Luo Houping, deputy director of the District Meteorological Bureau, said that how accurately farmers grasp the meteorological climate means how much the harvest will be in the coming year. "Twenty-four solar terms" provide scientific guidance for farmers to predict and master meteorological climate.

Experts say that young people nowadays pay little attention to the local folk culture passed down from ancient times. Although the "Twenty-four solar terms" was successfully applied for, many young people lack understanding of folk culture such as "Twenty-four solar terms", which is likely to make these splendid cultures difficult to inherit. Primary and secondary schools should vigorously popularize folk culture.

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