There are several solar terms in spring. What is the significance of each solar term?

There are 6 solar terms in spring.

1. Beginning of Spring

February 3-5 The Beginning of Spring is one of the important traditional festivals among the Han people. "Li" means "beginning". Since the Qin Dynasty, China has always regarded the beginning of spring as the beginning of spring. The beginning of spring is divided from an astronomical point of view. Spring is warmth, birds singing and flowers are fragrant; spring is growth, cultivation and sowing. The period from the Beginning of Spring Festival to the beginning of summer is called spring.

2. Rain

February 18--20 means that the winter with little rain has passed, and the rainfall has begun, and the amount of rainfall has gradually increased. It means two things. One is that the weather is getting warmer and the precipitation is gradually increasing. The other is that in terms of precipitation form, there is less snow and more rain. "The Collection of Seventy-Two Hours of the Moon Order" says: "In the middle of the first month, the sky rains and the wallpaper comes into being. The beginning of spring belongs to wood, but what grows wood must be water, so the beginning of spring will be followed by rain. And the east wind will disperse as it thaws. It's raining. "

3. Jingzhe

March 5-7 means "zhe". Animals burrow into the soil to hibernate over the winter, which is called hibernation. They emerge from the soil again after rejuvenation in the second year. In ancient times, people thought they were awakened by thunder, so they called it hibernation. Starting from the Jingzhe Day, thunder can be heard. Insects and small animals hibernating underground are awakened by the thunder and come out of the ground to move around.

4. Vernal Equinox

March 20-22 The Vernal Equinox is the midpoint of the ninety days of spring. One of the twenty-four solar terms, every year around February 15th in the lunar calendar (approximately March 20-21 in the Gregorian calendar), the sun is at 0° of ecliptic longitude (the vernal equinox). On the vernal equinox, the sun shines directly on the earth's equator, and the seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres are opposite. The northern hemisphere is the vernal equinox, and the southern hemisphere is the autumnal equinox. The Spring Equinox is also a festival and sacrificial celebration. Ancient emperors had the ritual system of worshiping the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. Zhou rites for the emperor to worship the sun at the sun altar.

5. Qingming

April 4-6 means hibernation. Animals burrow into the soil to hibernate over the winter, which is called hibernation. They emerge from the soil again after returning to spring in the second year. In ancient times, people thought they were awakened by thunder, so they called it hibernation. Starting from the Jingzhe Day, thunder can be heard. Insects and small animals hibernating underground are awakened by the thunder and come out of the ground to move around.

6. Grain Rain

April 19-21 Rainfall increases significantly. Rainwater promotes the growth and development of cereal crops. In ancient times, it was called rain-producing Baigu. It comes from the ancient saying that "rain produces hundreds of grains". It is also the best time to sow and transplant seedlings and grow melons and beans. "The Qingming Festival cuts off the snow, and the Grain Rain cuts off the frost." As the last solar term in spring, the arrival of the Grain Rain solar term means that the cold wave weather has basically ended, and the temperature has accelerated, which is greatly beneficial to the growth of cereal crops.

Extended information:

Spring is one of the four seasons. In terms of solar terms, the beginning of spring is at the beginning of spring (between February 2 and 5), and the end of spring is at the beginning of summer (between May 5 and 7). In Europe and the United States, spring begins with the Spring Equinox in China and ends with the Summer Solstice. In Ireland, spring is from February to April.

Meteorological workers have developed a standard for dividing the four seasons that is as close to the natural scene as possible. Taking the five-day average temperature as the standard, spring will begin when the average temperature for the next five days in winter stably passes 10°C. A temperature above 22°C means the end of spring and the beginning of summer.

Climate

1. In spring, the northern hemisphere of the earth begins to tilt toward the sun and receives more and more direct sunlight, so the temperature begins to rise. As the ice melts, river levels rise. In spring plants begin to sprout and grow, and many flowers bloom. Hibernating animals wake up, many animals that overwintered in eggs hatch, and birds begin to migrate, leaving their wintering grounds and heading toward their breeding grounds.

2. Many animals are in estrus during this period, so spring is also called the season of "revival of all things" in China. Changes in spring temperature and biology also have an impact on people's psychology and physiology.

3. Spring is the first season of the year, and there are many ways to divide the four seasons. In daily life, people usually regard the arrival of the Lichun solar term as the beginning of spring, which is defined from an astronomical perspective.

4. Meteorological departments generally divide the four seasons according to the Gregorian calendar, with spring from March to May. However, this method of division has its drawbacks. According to this method, March is spring in my country. At this time, the Yangtze River Basin is indeed full of spring, but Heilongjiang Province is still bitterly cold and snowy, while Hainan Island has already experienced summer. breath.

5. Therefore, meteorologists have developed a four-season division standard that is as consistent with the natural scene as possible. Taking the five-day average temperature as the standard, winter begins when the average temperature for the next five days stably passes 10℃. In spring, when the temperature is higher than 22℃, it means the end of spring and the beginning of summer.

Solar Terms

1. The sun at the beginning of spring is located at 315° of ecliptic longitude, and the solar terms are February 2-5.

2. The rain and sun are located at 330° of ecliptic longitude, and the festival is from February 18th to 20th.

3. The Jingzhe Sun is located at 345° ecliptic longitude, and the festival is from March 5th to 7th.

4. The vernal equinox, when the sun is located at 0° ecliptic longitude, takes place on March 20-22.

5. The Qingming Festival sun is located at 15° of ecliptic longitude, and the festival is April 4-6.

6. The Grain Rain sun is located at 30° of ecliptic longitude, and the festival is from April 19th to 21st.

Farmer Proverbs

It rains from the beginning of spring to the Qingming Festival:

1. If it rains at the beginning of spring, it will rain until the Qingming Festival. Spring prefers sunny days but not rain, especially thunder.

2. There is thunder at the beginning of spring, and nine out of ten pig pens are empty: it means that the six animals are uneasy.

3. Spring currents appear in the first month: After the beginning of spring, tidal currents increase.

4. Spring: After spring, the climate will be cloudy, sunny, cold or warm.

5. Spring exposes the dead, and summer fog brings floods: fog in spring will lead to sunny weather, and fog in summer will cause rain and waterlogging.

6. The beginning of spring to catch up with the spring atmosphere: After the beginning of spring, everything returns to spring, and the rice fields, ponds and other water surfaces begin to evaporate, indicating to the world that spring has arrived.

7. The first day of the lunar month falls and the second day of the lunar month falls, and the third day of the lunar month falls by half the moon: if it rains on the first day of the lunar month, it will clear up on the second day of the lunar month, and if it rains on the third day of the lunar month, it will fall on the fifteenth day. Difficult to estimate.

8. Rain pours on the Yuan lanterns, and the sun shines on the Qingming day: It rains on the Yuan day, and it will definitely clear up on the Qingming day.

9. Sowing fields in early spring and late: If the first day of spring is within December of the previous year, it is called early spring. If you sow, do not sow too early or too late. Act according to the season.

10. The weather is fine at the beginning of spring, and the Pepsi harvest is good.

11. It will be sunny and rainy at the beginning of spring.

12. It’s a sunny day at the beginning of spring, and plowing the fields will be effortless.

13. It’s rainy on the first day of spring, and it’s cloudy and wet until Qingming.

14. The rain hits the bull's head in spring, and the weather is full of sorrow.

15. The cow's head is wet with water in spring, and the farmer is worried for a whole day.

16. If there is frost at the beginning of spring, the seedlings will rot in the next spring.

17. Thunder marks the beginning of the Spring Festival, and the Jingzhe rain never stops.

18. The beginning of spring in the twelfth lunar month is early, and the beginning of spring in the first lunar month is late.

19. There is a lot of rain during the two springs every year, so it is good for farming.

Rain

1. Continuous rain is a good year, and farmers do not work hard to cultivate the fields.

2. If it rains on a rainy day, it heralds a good harvest.

3. The cold rain in spring is like a spring, and the cold rain in winter is scattered: when the temperature is low in spring, it will rain more, but in winter when the temperature is low, there will be less rain.

4. Jingzhe hears thunder and rice is like mud: thunder on the Jingzhe day means that the solar term is correct, the weather is smooth, the rice harvest is good, and the price of rice is cheap.

5. Thunder hits on February 2nd, and the rice is beaten harder: it means that the solar terms are correct, the weather is smooth, the rice harvest is good, and the price of rice is cheap. On that day, if the spring thunder suddenly rings, the harvest will be good this year.

Vernal Equinox

1. Vernal Equinox, day and night have twelve hours each.

2. It is better to plant fields before the vernal equinox, and it is better to plant beans after the vernal equinox: This is an agricultural phenomenon in northern Taiwan, and earlier in the south.

3. Peonies planted in the spring equinox will not bloom until old age: Peonies bloom in summer, but they are planted too slowly in the spring equinox.

4. If it rains on the vernal equinox, there will be fewer patients: If it rains on the vernal equinox, there will be fewer patients.

Qingming Festival

1. In early March, the boy’s home was freezing: The boy loved beauty, so he hurriedly put on unlined clothes in spring, often being frozen by the sudden cold.

2. If the weather is cold, spring will not be cold; if it rains in spring, it will not rain in spring: If the weather is cold on the day of the beginning of spring, then the climate in the entire spring will not get colder; if it rains on the day of the beginning of spring, then the weather in spring will be colder. There will be less rainfall.

3. Spring noodles for children: Spring is between the cold winter and midsummer. At this time, the climate in the south begins to warm up, while the north is still cold. The temperature difference between the north and the south is very large, so the weather in spring is unpredictable. At this time, the cold air from the north and the warm current from the south often collide, causing a cyclone, and the weather turns to rainy. After the cyclone, the sky turns sunny again, which is like a child laughing through tears, hence the saying "spring child noodles".

4. A few peach blossoms outside the bamboo are a prophet of the warmth of the spring river. (Su Shi's "Hui Chong's "Dawn Scenery on the Spring River"): "The spring river is warm and the ducks are prophets." This famous sentence through the ages captures the changing characteristics of solar terms in nature in a detailed and vivid way, and vividly outlines the beautiful scenery of early spring in the south of the Yangtze River. .

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