The full version of the Song of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms is as follows:
The spring rain shocks the spring and clears the valley, and the summer is full of awns and the summer heat is connected. There is dew in autumn, cold frost in autumn, and snow in winter and slight severe cold in winter. They are Beginning of Spring, Rain, Jingzhe, Vernal Equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Beginning of Summer, Xiaoman, Ear Grain, Summer Solstice, Minor Heat, Great Heat, Beginning of Autumn, End of Heat, White Dew, Autumnal Equinox, Cold Dew, Frost Descent, Beginning of Winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Lesser Cold, and Great Cold. Twenty-four solar terms. The Twenty-Four Solar Terms is a short poem compiled to facilitate the memory of the twenty-four solar terms in the ancient Chinese calendar. There are many versions circulating.
The twenty-four solar terms scientifically reveal the laws of astronomical and meteorological changes. It not only plays a guiding role in agricultural production, but also affects the ancient people's clothing, food, housing, transportation, and even cultural concepts. It cleverly combines astronomy, natural rhythms and folk customs, and has derived a large number of seasonal seasonal cultures related to it.
Songs of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms
The plum blossoms are particularly beautiful at the beginning of spring, and the red apricot blossoms are in full bloom after the rain; thunder is heard in the reed forest, and butterflies dance among the flowers at the spring equinox.
The strings of kites flying during the Qingming Festival are broken, and the tender tea leaves of Grain Rain are emerald; the mulberry fruits of Beginning of Summer are like cherries, and Xiaoman is raising silkworms and farming.
The jade seedlings planted with mangosteen are placed in front of the garden, and the rice flowers are as white as white on the summer solstice; the mild summer breeze makes the early beans ripe, and the red lotus flowers are enjoyed by the pond in the great summer.
The cicadas at the beginning of autumn are lulling people to sleep, the sunflowers are smiling in the summer heat, the white dew swallows are returning and the wild geese are coming, and the garden is filled with the fragrance of cinnamon and osmanthus at the autumnal equinox.
The field of cold dew vegetable seedlings is green, the frost has fallen and reed flowers are floating all over the sky; the beginning of winter brings good news and brings three blessings, and light snowflakes fly.
The heavy snow and cold plum blossoms are blowing in the wind, and the auspicious snow on the winter solstice heralds a good harvest; the wanderers in the minor cold return home homesick, and they celebrate reunion at the end of the year in the severe cold.