The 24 Solar
Terms
A solar term
is any of 24 points in traditional East Asian lunisolar
calendars that matches a particular astronomical
event or signifies some natural phenomenon. The points are spaced 15° apart
along the ecliptic and are used
by lunisolar calendars to stay synchronized with the seasons. Solar terms
originated in China, then spread to
Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. This is
exhibited by the fact that traditional Chinese, Hanja, and Kanji characters for
most of the solar terms are identical.
Following is
the Chinese name of 24 Solar
Terms:
立春 ( Li Chun)
the Beginning of Spring (1st solar term) Feb.3,4, or 5雨水 ( Yu Shui)
Rain Water (2nd solar term) Feb.18,19 or 20惊蜇 (Jing Zhe)
the Waking of Insects (3rd solar term) Mar.5,6, or 7春分 (Chun Fen)
the Spring Equinox (4th solar term) Mar.20,21 or 22清明 ( Qing Ming)
Pure Brightness (5th solar term) Apr.4,5 or 6谷雨 (Gu Yu) Grain
Rain (6th solar term) Apr.19,20 or 21立夏 (Li Xia) the
Beginning of Summer (7th solar term) May 5,6 or 7小满 (Xiao Man)
Lesser Fullness of Grain (8th solar term) May 20,21 or 22芒种 ( Mang Zhong)
Grain in Beard (9th solar term) Jun.5,6 or 7夏至 (Xia Zhi) the
Summer Solstice (10th solar term) Jun.21 or 22小暑 (Xiao Shu)
Lesser Heat (11th solar term) Jul.6,7 or 8大暑 ( Da Shu)
Greater Heat (12th solar term) Jul.22,23 or 24立秋 (Li Qiu) the
Beginning of Autumn (13th solar term) Aug.7,8 or 9处暑 (Chu Shu) the
End of Heat (14th solar term) Aug.22,23 or 24白露 (Bai Lu)
White Dew (15th solar term) Sep.7,8 or 9秋分 (Qiu Fen) the
Autumn Equinox (16th solar term) Sep.22,23 or 24寒露 (Han Lu) Cold
Dew (17th solar term) Oct.8 or 9霜降 (Shuang
Jiang) Frost's Descent (18th solar term) Oct.23 or 24立冬 (Li Dong) the
Beginning of Winter (19th solar term) Nov.7 or 8小雪 (Xiao Xue)
Lesser Snow (20th solar term) Nov.22 or 23大雪 (Da Xue)
Greater Sonw (21th solar term) Dec.6,7 or 8冬至 (Dong Zhi)
the Winter Solstice (22th solar term) Dec.21,22 or 23小寒 (Xiao Han)
Lesser Cold (23th solar term) Jan.5,6 or 7大寒 (Da Han )
Greater Cold (24th solar term) Jan.20 or 2
And there is a
song for remembering the 24 Solar Terms:
chūn yǔ jīnɡ
chūn qīnɡ ɡǔ tiān ， xià mǎn mánɡ
xià shǔ xiānɡ lián春 雨 惊 春 清 谷 天， 夏 满 芒 夏 暑 相 连
qiū chù lù qiū
hán shuānɡ jiànɡ ， dōnɡ xuě xuě
dōnɡ xiǎo dà hán秋 处 露 秋 寒 霜 降， 冬 雪 雪 冬 小 大 寒
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