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Solar Terms

Solar terms or jieqi are days marking one of the 24 time zones of the solar year in traditional Chinese calendar. The 24 solar terms are special terms created by ancient working people of China to reflect the changes of weather, climate and natural phenomena. It is a unique component and creative

24 Solar terms
invention of Chinese traditional calendar. Solar terms originated in China, and then spread to North Korea, Japan and other neighboring countries.
How are the solar terms defined?

Astronomically, the Twenty-four Solar Terms are defined according to the position of the sun on the ecliptic. 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. 0 degree of celestial longitude is the Spring Equinox and the points are spaced 15° apart along the ecliptic , and are used by lunisolar calendars to stay synchronized with the seasons.

Because the Sun's speed along the ecliptic varies depending on the Earth-Sun distance, the number of days that it takes the Sun to travel between each pair of solar terms varies slightly throughout the year. Each solar term is divided into three pentads (候 hou), and each pentad consists of five days (rarely six), so there are 72 pentads in a year.
Jieqi agriculture

What is the important role of the solar terms?

The solar terms are closely related to agricultural production and every aspect of daily life, including clothing, food, housing and transportation etc. Originated in the Yellow River reaches, Jieqi reflected our ancestors’ knowledge about climate changes during their farming activities. Over the years, Jieqi has played an important role in China`s agricultural and animal husbandry production.

How do you decide a leap year according to solar terms?

The 24 solar terms is a gross name of the system that comprises of 12 major solar terms and 12 minor solar terms interlaced with each other. Starting from "雨水spring showers ", the 12 major solar terms are "雨水spring showers ", "春分vernal equinox", "谷雨corn rain", "小滿corn forms", "夏至summer solstice", "大暑great heat", "處暑end of heat", "秋分autumnal equinox","霜降frost", "小雪light snow", "冬至winter solstice", and "大寒severe

Solar terms

cold" . Each major solar term falls on one of the 12 lunar months, designated by the 12 earthly branches.

The minor solar term after "雨水spring showers " is "驚蜇insects waken" and then in turn "清明bright and clear", "立夏summer commences", "芒種corn on ear", "小暑moderate heat", ?"立秋autumn commences", "白露white dew", "寒露cold dew", "立冬winter commences", "大雪heavy snow", "小寒moderate cold", and "立春spring commences".

In the Agricultural Calendar, each lunar month contains a major solar term. A lunar month that does not include a major solar term is taken as the leap month of the preceding month. In 19 tropical years there will be 228 major solar terms and 235 months. Therefore, 7 lunar months will not contain major solar terms and they are classified as leap months.

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