中英双语话中国民风民俗 第37期:节气概述

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A Brief Introduction of Solar Terms

节气概述

Solar Terms is a calendar of twenty-four periods and climate to govern agricultural arrangements in ancient China and functions even now. As we have mentioned the Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, it takes into account the longest and the shortest days and the two days each year when the length of the day equals that of the night. In other words, the significant days are the Summer and Winter Solstices and the Spring and Autumn Equinoxes.

24节气中国古代治理农业的日历，即使是现在其功能依旧。正如我们所提到的中国历法是一个阴阳历，它考虑到昼夜最长和最短的天和每年中有两天是昼夜平分的。换句话说，有重要意义的日子是夏至和冬至，春分和秋分。