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What is the 30 solar terms?

Every year is divided into four seasons, and the length of each quarter is different. Take the twelfth as the solar term: when the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the east, it is spring, which consists of eight solar terms; When bucket handle points to the south, it is summer and consists of seven solar terms. When bucket handle points to the west, it is autumn and consists of nine solar terms; When bucket handle points to the north, it is winter and consists of six solar terms. There are * * * 30 solar terms this year, totaling * * * 360 days a year, and the remaining five days are more than the Chinese New Year.

The 24 solar terms are defined according to the solar calendar. According to the position of the sun on the ecliptic (the earth's orbit around the sun, that is, the annual movement route of the sun) and the order that causes the evolution of the ground climate, it divides the whole year into 24 segments, each of which is separated by about half a month (15 days), and each segment is called a solar term. The first month of each month is called "solar terms", including beginning of spring, Jing Zhe, Qingming, Changxia, Mangzhong, Xiaoshu, beginning of autumn, Bailu, Hanlu, beginning of winter, heavy snow and slight cold. Those in the middle of the month are called "Zhong Qi", including rain, vernal equinox, Grain Rain, Xiaoman, summer solstice, great heat, early summer, autumn equinox, early frost, light snow, winter solstice and severe cold. The twenty-four solar terms are 12 solar terms and 12 qi. Among the 24 solar terms in the whole year, the most important ones are vernal equinox, summer solstice, autumn equinox and winter solstice, which are collectively called bisection. Solar terms reflect the annual visual movement of the sun, so it is purely a solar calendar, but it is different from the usual solar calendar in form.

Beginning of spring: beginning of spring is standing, and beginning of spring is beginning of spring.

Rain: It began to rain and gradually increased.

Sting: Sting means hiding. Sting refers to the sudden movement of spring thunder, which awakens the hibernating animals in the soil.

Equinox: Equinox means equal share. The vernal equinox means that day and night are equally divided.

Qingming: sunny and lush.

Grain Rain: Rain makes a hundred valleys. With sufficient and timely rainfall, cereal crops can thrive.

Long summer: the beginning of summer.

Xiaoman: Summer crops such as wheat are full of seeds.

Miscanthus species: Miscanthus crops such as wheat are mature.

Summer solstice: The hot summer is coming.

Summer heat: Summer heat means heat. Slight summer heat refers to when the climate begins to get hot.

Big institutions: the hottest time of the year.

Beginning of autumn: The beginning of autumn.

Summer heat: place means stop and hide. Summer is the end of hot summer.

White dew: The weather turns cold and the dew condenses into white.

Autumnal equinox: divided equally between day and night.

Cold dew: Dew is cold and will freeze.

First frost: it's getting colder and colder, frosty.

Beginning of winter: The beginning of winter.

Xiaoxue: It's starting to snow.

Heavy snow: the snowfall is increasing, and there may be snow on the ground.

Solstice of winter: the cold winter is coming.

Slight cold: The climate began to get cold.

Great cold: the coldest time of the year.