1、,Twenty-four Solar terms,Contents,All classes of authors （诸子百家）,Chinese martial arts （中国武术）,Introduction,Introduction,Differing from the Western WorldUnique and PragmaticGuide FarmingUse the Weather,Some Characteristics,Introduction,The ancient Chinese divided a year into 24equal segments according
2、to the positions of the sun on the ecliptic.,Segments:等分 Ecliptic：黄道（坐标系）,Introduction,Introduction by徐志源,名称 Name 开始日期Beginning 立春 the Beginning of Spring (1st solar term)Feb.3,4, or 5 雨水 Rain Water (2nd solar term)Feb.18,19 or 20 惊蜇 the Waking of Insects (3rd solar term)Mar.5,6, or 7 春分 the Spring
3、Equinox (4th solar term)Mar.20,21 or 22 清明 Pure Brightness (5th solar term)Apr.4,5 or 6 谷雨 Grain Rain (6th solar term)Apr.19,20 or 21,Introduction by徐志源,The Solar Terms in Spring by杨荣博,立春 Spring begins 雨水 The rains 惊蛰 Insects awaken 春分 Vernal Equinox 清明 Clear and bright 谷雨 Grain rain.,The Beginning
4、of Spring,立春,Around February 4th each year the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 315 degrees. Turning point of warm and cold. Pouring and fertilizing crops duly during the fast growth.,Celestial: adj. 中国的 celestial longitude 黄经（度）,The Beginning of Spring,Following the nature and protecting the
5、Yangqi in body. Take care of the liver, because spring has the nature of wood, and it is most closely connected with liver. White Radish and ginger will protect liver well Keep stomach warm.,Health preserving in the Beginning of Spring,Rain Water,雨水,Around February 18th each year The sun reaches the
6、 celestial longitude of 330 degrees. Beginning of yearly rainfall Cold before rainfall with snowflake, blizzard seriously. Keep water to provide crops blossoming out.,Rain Water,Health preserving in Rain Water,Take care of spleen and stomach, which can improve and regulate the physical metabolism No
7、t eat too much oily and fat food but the red Chinese date, lotus, leek, spinach, orange, honey and sugarcane.,Spleen: n.脾 leek:青蒜 spinach:菠菜 sugarcane:甘蔗,The Waking of Insects,The Waking of Insects,Around March 6th each year Significance of this name: Hibernators are awakening by spring thunder The
8、sun reaches the celestial longitude of 345 degrees. Comparatively fast growth of temperature and good time to planting rice.,Hibernator : 冬眠的动物,Customs in the Waking of Insects,Sacrifice to White Tiger Eating pears,Sacrifice to White Tiger,God of misunderstanding and quarrel Make tooth full of oil,
9、so that it cant open its mouth quarrel with people,A pair of bucktooth(獠牙),Eating pears,Peoples dry tongue and cough easily happening because of dry weather. Pears help a lot with lung. Chinese pronunciation of pears close to keep away from something, this custom means people want to keep away pest
10、and wish rich harvest.,The Spring Equinox,春分,The Spring Equinox,Around March 21th each year Significance of this name:Length of day and night becomes nearly equal The sun reaches the celestial longitude of 0 degrees. The New Year of Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, history is over 3000 year
11、s.,A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day; The mourners heart is going to break on his way. Where can a wine shop be found to drown his sad hours? A cowherd points to a cot mid apricot flowers.,Pure Brightness,Pure Brightness,Around April 5th each year Significance of this name: Sunny
12、 days and flourishing trees The sun reaches the celestial longitude of 15 degrees. Essential traditional festival and origin from sacrifice of mausoleum by ancient emperors .,Flourishing : 繁茂的 mausoleum: 陵墓,Customs in Pure Brightness,Tomb-sweepingHave an outing in springCuju,Have an outing in spring
13、 & Cuju,Tale said in order to avoid hurt from cold food, some exercises are benefits to our body in Pure Brightness.,Grain Rain,Grain Rain,Around April 20th each year Significance of this name:Grains will grow well with plentiful rain The sun reaches the celestial longitude of 30 degrees. Average te
14、mperature will at 20, meaning the ending of spring.,The Solar Terms in Summer by周祎,立夏 Summer begins 小满 Grain buds 芒种 Grain in ear 夏至 Summer solstice 小暑 Slight heat 大暑 Great heat,Summer begins,立夏,Summer begins（ 5月5-6日）,People used to place the summer begins as a temperature rise obviously. The thunde
15、rstorm increased; the growth of the crops into a fast period; The farmers need to transplant rice seeding and prevent the insect.,Summer begins,Resistant our blood. Eat a few Onions, a small amount of wine to promote the circulation of blood and prevent the heart disease. People usually eat eggs and
16、 it is the origin of the tea eggs.,Grain buds,小满,Grain buds (5.20-5.22),The meaning is the crops begin to be full, but not mature. There are a lot of rain. But if lack of rain, there will have a drought. We should prevent the crop pests; dry-hot wind;thunderstorm; winds; and attack from hail.,People
17、 will consume the most nutrition so we need to replenish in time. Eat sow thistle and sacrifice the silk god.,Grain buds,Grain in ear,Grain in ear,Probably in June 6 All of the peasants are busy with cultivating. There are a lot of weather disaster such as tornado , hail , gale , drought and rainsto
18、rm and so on.,Grain in ear,The summer crops begin to mature, the farmers are busy with seeding autumn crops.The body is easy to be damp and hot affected by the climate, so the diet should to be light and nourishing,Summer solstice,Summer solstice,Every year on June 21 or 22 It is said that the hot s
19、ummer has arrived. But the hottest time after about 20 to 30 days. The weather is hot with a lot of rainfall such as rainstorm Pay attention to the flood and field management About the diet, we emphasize eating something light . And we need eat something which can supplement a lot of water.,Slight h
20、eat,Slight heat,Probably in July 7th Means that the weather is become hotter and hotter. The weather started to be hot, but not to the hottest. And there are a lot of thunderstorm. Crops begin to growing rapidly and the farmer need to strengthen field management. combine exertion with rest; protect
21、our yang qi; eat fruit.,Great heat,Great heat,Probably on July 22 It means the hottest time of the year, the highest temperature, the fastest growing. Many parts of the drought, waterlogging, wind and other meteorological disasters are the most frequent. Busy in the harvesting and planting; fight wi
22、th drought ;waterlogging. eat something to strength our stomach and nourish our spleen.,The Solar Terms in Autumn by谢宇佳,立秋 Autumn begins. 处暑 Stopping the heat 白露 White dews 秋分 Autumn Equinox 寒露 Cold dews 霜降 Hoar-frost falls,Autumn begins,Autumn begins,on August 8 or 9 every year the beginning of the
23、 fall. “One leave falls, autumn arrives.” Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 135 degrees Weather turns cold gradually; wind; fogs.,Autumn begins,Transformation; Less Yang Qi and more Yin Qi. Protect ones lung. People should not eat too much spring onions and ginger. Food such as sesame, sticky r
24、ice, honey, loquat and dairy food will be very good to the stomach.,Stopping the heat,Stopping the heat,On August 23 each year Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 150 degrees the hot summer passes and heat stops. Cold air comes make the weather cool down slowly. hot in the day; cold in the mornin
25、g and evening. Its also a season of harvest. plants and flowers; crops.fishing fish, prawns and shellfish.,Stopping the heat,“Its sleepy in the spring and tired in the autumn”. have enough sleep, better to go to bed earlier. eat light dishes rather than something like spicy meat. Foods with more vit
26、amins for example, tomatoes, eggplant, potato and pear.,White dews,White dews,White Dews happens around September 7 every year the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 165 degrees. the temperature decreases further. the weather gets cooler. morning, see the dew on the grass and trees.,White dews,t
27、he air is clear, the sky is high. the clouds are peaceful. gentle autumn breeze blowing. the swan goose and swallow fly back to south. birds start to store food for winter. a typical solar term in autumn.,White dews,peak season for allergic conditions and bronchial asthma. Its better to eat less pra
28、wns, fish and seafood. very dry, making people feel thirsty all the time. Eating ginseng.,AutumnEquinox,Autumn Equinox,on September 22 to September 23 each year the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 180 degrees. temperature decreases obviously. “Each autumn rain makes its colder”.,Autumn Equino
29、x,the Yin Qi and Yang Qi are balanced; people should live and eat also in a way that can balance the two inside their body. as temperature decreases, keep exercises to buid immunity. To benefiting the lungs, people can drink more water and eat food like sesame, nut, sticky rice,honey, pears.,Cold de
30、ws,Cold dews,on October 8 or October 9 each year the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 195 degrees. its colder than “White Dews” the dews are becoming frost. sparrows are gone and chrysanthemum starts to bloom. The autumn views are very beautiful people like to climb high and enjoy the view.,th
31、e most obvious climate feature is “dry”. sweat often evaporate very quickly; feel skin stretched, wrinkle increased, being thirsty, and often cough. Eating sesame, nut, tremella, radish, tomato,lotus root, milk and lily can help nourishing Yin Qi and moistening dryness. Its also very good to eat som
32、e fruits such as snow pear, banana, Hami melon, apple and grape.,Cold dews,sweat often evaporate very quickly; feel skin stretched, wrinkle increased, being thirsty, and often cough. Eating sesame, nut, tremella, radish, tomato,lotus root, milk and lily can help nourishing Yin Qi and moistening dryn
33、ess.Its also very good to eat some fruits such as snow pear, banana, Hami melon, apple and grape.,Cold dews,Hoar-frost falls,on October 23 each year the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 210 degrees. Most areas have frost falling. temperature in many places reach 0 degree Celsius. The vapor in
34、the air freezes on the ground in the form of tiny ice needles or hexagonal flower shapes. There are some chemical changes to the leaves of some tress,Hoar-frost falls,such as maple,persimmon tree and Eurasian smoke tree after this day. The colors turn to red from green its the best time to see the r
35、ed autumn leaves. the peak time for chronic gastritis and gastroduodenal canker. Aged people can sometimes get arthritis. Eating pear, apple, ginkgo, onions and leaf mustard can relief these symptoms.,Hoar-frost falls,The Solar Terms in Winter by骆甫,立冬 Winter begins 小雪 Light snow 大雪 Heavy snow 冬至 Win
36、ter Solstice 小寒 Slight cold 大寒 Great cold.,Winter begins,Winter begins,The19th solar term, on Nov.7 or 8 It means the winter is coming In ancient times, Winter begins was an important festival (On this day, the emperor followed by a group of officials would come to the suburb of capital to hold a la
37、rge sacrifice to the heaven) Nowadays, Chinese people still have the traditional custom such as eating dumplings, eating carrot or radish,Light snow,Light snow,Heavy snow,The 21th solar term, on Dec.7 or 8It means the times of snowfalls increase, and the quantity of snow becomes large,In Chinese tra
38、ditional medicine, the great cold is the perfect time to care about the health.The rainfall is less than anytime else, and the weather is quite dry, moisture is very important.So it is better time to eat more fruits and vegetables like oranges, apples,How to keep health in the Heavy snow,Winter Sols
39、tice,Winter Solstice,The 22th solar term, on Dec.22 or 23 It has the shortest daytime and longest nighttime in north hemisphere all the year around(昼短夜长) On this day, in many regions of northern China, people have the custom of eating dumplings.,Slight cold,Slight cold,The 23th solar term, on Jan.6
40、or 7In China, Slight cold means the coldest time comes. According to the climatic data of China, the slight cold is the phase with the lowest temperature.,Great cold,Great cold,The 24th solar term, on Jan.20 or 21 It is the last solar term and it means the most extreme cold time appears in the whole
41、 year. people also follow this change. People had better not eat too much but select some easily-digesting food to suit the beginning of spring,Summary by骆甫,The twenty-four solar terms is the essence of Chinese traditional culture. It is the great creation of the ancient people. It was listed in the list of national intangible cultural heritages in 2006. Applied for Human intangible cultural heritage list of masterpiece.,-END-,
