What do the 24 solar terms in China mean?

Twenty-four solar terms refer to twenty-four seasons and climates. Twenty-four solar terms is a supplementary calendar made by China to guide farming in ancient times, and it is the crystallization of the long-term experience and wisdom of the Han working people in ancient China. Twenty-four solar terms can reflect the changes of seasons, guide agricultural activities and affect the food, clothing, housing and transportation of thousands of families. The twenty-four solar terms are divided according to the position of the sun on the ecliptic (that is, the orbit of the earth around the sun).

[Twenty-four solar terms]

Spring: beginning of spring, Rain, Sting, Equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain.

Summer: Long summer, Little Man, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Little Summer and Big Summer.

Autumn: beginning of autumn, first summer, Bailu, autumnal equinox, cold dew and first frost.

Winter: beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice, slight cold and severe cold.

[short version]

Twenty-four solar term song

The spring rain shocks the spring and the valley, and the summer is full of mountains and summer heat.

There are dewdrops in autumn, first frost in cold, light snow in winter and cold in winter.