备考新高考英语——24节气之8：小满—【China Daily 外刊双语精读24节气】精读.docxVIP

24 Solar Terms: 6 things you may not know about Grain Buds 24节气:关于小满你可能不知道的6件事 The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Buds, (Chinese: 小满), the 8th solar term of a year, begins on May 21 this year, and ends on June 5. It means that the seeds from the grain are becoming full but are not ripe. 中国传统阳历将一年分为24个节气。小满，(中文:小满)，一年的第八个节气，今年5月21日开始，6月5日结束。这意味着谷物的种子正在变得饱满，但还没有成熟。 In China, the 24 solar terms were created thousands of years ago to guide agricultural production. But the solar term culture is still useful today to guide peoples lives through speci