英文版二十四节气(网上下载).pptVIP

the Twenty-four Solar Terms in China the Origin Twenty-four Solar Terms refers to the season and climate ,which is a calendar that made to guid chinese ancient agriculture .As the east Asian traditional lunar calendar is a lunisolar calendar , that is , its developed according to the runing and operation of sun or moon ,so it can not fully reflect the circle of sun , but china is an agricultural society and we hv to strictly know the circumstance about the sun operation , farming is completely carriedout according to the sun ,so our ancient ancestors added a separate calendar to reflect the sun cycle Twenty-four Solar Terms ,which is used for the criteria of determining the intercalary . In other words ,24 solar terms r purely solar calendar , and it was not developed according to the lunar calendar . Chinese folk practice lunisolar ,adding 24 solar terms , so its very compicated . If we look at the solar calendar with 24 solar terms and leave alone the lunisolar ,its very clear and simple . 二十四节气歌 春雨惊春清谷天， 夏满芒夏暑相连， 　 　秋处露秋寒霜降， 冬雪雪冬小大寒。 　 　上半年是六廿一， 下半年来八廿三， 　 　每月两节日期定， 最多不差一二天。 （立）春 雨（水） 惊（蛰） 春（分） 清（明） 谷（雨）天， （立）夏 （小）满 芒（种） 夏（至） （小）暑 （大）暑相连， （立）秋 处（署） （白）露 秋（分） 寒（露） 霜降， （立）冬 （小）雪 （大）雪 冬（至） 小（寒） 大寒。 Feb . 3 , 4 or 5 The Beginning of Spring is the first one of twenty-four solar terms . it usually begins on February 3-5 every year , and it means spring is coming up , from this day on , the days get longer and the weather gets warmer. In addition , from this day to summer, we usually call this period the spring. besides , its also an important traditional festival in china ---on behalf of the beginning of the new year . so the beginning of spring is also known as playing chun, there exists the popular custom of weaving Spring Cattle and eating spring rolls and cakes on that day,so it has another sayi