Brief introduction of six solar terms in spring

Six solar terms: beginning of spring, rain, fright, vernal equinox, Qingming and Grain Rain.

1, beginning of spring

In the calendar, the 45th or 46th day from the winter solstice is usually considered as the beginning of spring, which is the first solar term in a year. Since the Qin Dynasty, beginning of spring has been the beginning of spring in China.

Step 2 rain

The rainfall in February in the solar calendar is around 19. At this time, it not only indicates the beginning of rainfall, but also indicates that rainfall begins to increase. As Du Fu said in his poem: "Good rain knows the season, when spring comes. Sneak into the night with the wind and moisten things silently. "

3. Shocked

Spine is a season reflecting phenology, which is in the first half of March in the solar calendar. At this time, the spring is bright and refreshing, and the weather is getting warmer from the ninth day to the ninth day. However, due to the alternation of cold and warm air, the weather is unstable and the temperature fluctuates greatly.

4. vernal equinox

The fifteenth day after the fright is the vernal equinox. "Parting is half, and it is half of ninety days in spring." It means half a spring In fact, the vernal equinox also means "equal day and night", just as the proverb says: "Equinox is equal day and night".

5. Qingming

Qingming means clean and bright, at the beginning of April in the solar calendar. "Twenty-four solar terms" said: "At this time, everything is clean and bright." "The Year of Emperor Jingdi Wins" said: "When everything grows, it is clean and pure, so it is called Qingming."

6. Grain Rain

Grain Rain, around April 20th in Gregorian calendar. In Grain Rain season, there is abundant rain in the south of China, and the first rainstorm usually occurs during this period, but the mountainous areas in the northwest plateau are still in the dry season.

Extended data

Since China was an agricultural society in ancient times, agriculture needed to have a strict understanding of the operation of the sun, and farming was carried out entirely according to the sun. Therefore, the "twenty-four solar terms" that reflect the solar cycle alone are added to the calendar as the standard for determining leap months.

24 solar terms are: beginning of spring, Rainy, Scared, Equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Changxia and Xiaoman? , Miscanthus, Summer Solstice, Little Summer, Big Summer, beginning of autumn, Chushu, Millennium, Equinox, Cold Dew, First Frost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold and Severe Cold.

2016165438+1October 30th, China's "Twenty-four solar terms" was officially listed in UNESCO's representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.