The 24 Solar Terms

Spring rains shake spring and clear valleys,

There are mountains everywhere in summer, and summer is connected with the heat.

Autumn dew and autumn frost,

It snows in winter, it snows in winter, and it's a little cold in winter.

In ancient China, a year's festivals were divided according to the climate. That is to say, beginning of spring, rain, fright, vernal equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Changxia, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Slight Summer, Great Summer, beginning of autumn, Early Summer, Millennium, Equinox, Cold Dew, Early Frost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold and Severe Cold.