Twenty-four solar terms knowledge handwritten newspaper

A little knowledge of the twenty-four solar terms

Twenty-four solar terms originated in the Yellow River Basin, which is the crystallization of long-term experience and wisdom of ancient Han working people. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, four solar terms were set, namely, mid-spring, mid-summer, mid-autumn and mid-winter. After continuous improvement and perfection, by the Qin and Han Dynasties, the 24 solar terms had been completely established. In BC 104, the taichu calendar written by Deng Ping officially set 24 solar terms in the calendar, and defined the astronomical position of the 24 solar terms.

The time when the sun runs along the longitude of the Yellow River from zero 15 degrees is called "a solar term". It runs 360 degrees every year, and * * * experiences 24 solar terms, twice a month. Among them, the first solar term of each month is "solar term", that is, beginning of spring, Jingzhe, Qingming, Changxia, Mangzhong, Xiaoshu, beginning of autumn, Bailu, Hanlu, beginning of winter, Heavy Snow, Xiaohan, etc. 12 solar terms; The second solar term of each month is "Zhongqi", that is, there are 12 solar terms such as rain, vernal equinox, Grain Rain, Xiaoman, summer solstice, great heat, intense heat, autumnal equinox, first frost, light snow, winter solstice and great cold. "Solar term" and "neutral qi" appear alternately, each lasting 15 days. So far, people have collectively referred to "solar terms" and "neutral gas" as "solar terms". [2]

In BC 104, the taichu calendar written by Deng Ping officially set 24 solar terms in the calendar, and defined the astronomical position of the 24 solar terms.

In order to facilitate memory, people compiled 24 solar terms songs:

Twenty-four solar term song

The spring rain shakes the spring and the valley days, and the summer is full of mountains and summers.

Autumn dew, autumn frost, little snow in winter and cold in winter.

Seven-character poem of twenty-four solar terms

The earth goes around the sun, and it takes a year to complete a circle.

A year is divided into December, and the 24 solar terms are closely linked.

According to the Gregorian calendar, these two gases will not change every month.

The first half of the year is June 2 1 day, and the second half is August 23 every year.

These are festivals, and the difference is only one or two days.

There are 24 verses in succession, and the following formula is kept in mind:

A slight cold in January was followed by a severe cold, and it rained in the spring of February;

The vernal equinox is in March and Qingming Grain Rain is in April.

Long summer and full summer in May, full summer solstice in June;

July is hot and slightly hot, and August is long summer, beginning of autumn;

In September, the Millennium meets the autumnal equinox, and the first frost and cold dew are all in October;

There is a light snow in 1 1 month in beginning of winter, and a heavy snow in winter solstice to welcome the New Year.

Grasp the season and busy production, sow and harvest in time to ensure a bumper harvest.

With the spread of China calendar, the 24 solar terms have spread to many parts of the world.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, people in China had the concepts of Solstice in the South and Solstice in the North. Subsequently, people divided the year into 24 equal parts according to the natural phenomena such as the running position of the sun and the moon at the beginning and middle of the month, the weather and the growth of animals and plants. And give each equal part a proper noun, that is, twenty-four solar terms. By the end of the Warring States Period, solar terms had eight names: beginning of spring, Equinox, Long Summer, Summer Solstice, beginning of autumn, Equinox, beginning of winter and Winter Solstice. These eight solar terms are the most important of the 24 solar terms. These eight solar terms mark the change of seasons and clearly divide the four seasons of the year. Later, when the book Huai Nan Zi was published, the names of the 24 solar terms were exactly the same as those of the modern ones.

Some people think that the 24 solar terms are subordinate to the lunar calendar, but they are actually defined according to the solar calendar. That is, according to the position of the sun on the ecliptic, a year is divided into 24 equal parts. That is to say, the ecliptic is divided into 24 equal parts, each equal part accounts for 15 of the ecliptic. Because the time required for the sun to pass through each bisection is almost equal, the Gregorian calendar dates of the 24 solar terms are roughly the same: the first half of the year is around 6 and 2 1, and the second half is around 8 and 23. There are two formulas:

In the first half of this year,

Come on August 23rd in the second half of the year.

In ancient times, solar terms were called "qi", and there were two qi in each month: the former was called "solar terms" and the latter was called "neutral qi". The monthly distribution of the 24 solar terms is shown in the following table, which is closely related to the arrangement of the lunar leap month. In the lunar calendar, beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms. The names of the 24 solar terms are named according to the place pointed by Dougang and the natural climate and landscape at that time. The so-called fighting means that the three stars of the Big Dipper, Kuixing, Xingxing and Yuxing, point to different directions and positions with the movement of celestial bodies, and the positions they refer to are the months they represent. For example, the first month is cloudy, the spoon refers to yin at dusk, refers to yin at midnight, and refers to yin during the day; February is the base, the Beidou at dusk refers to the base, the balance at midnight refers to the base, the chief refers to the base during the day, and so on.

Beginning of spring: beginning of spring is standing, and beginning of spring is beginning of spring.

Rain: It began to rain and gradually increased.

Sting: Sting means hiding. Sting refers to the sudden movement of spring thunder, which awakens the hibernating animals in the soil.

Equinox: Equinox means equal share. The vernal equinox means that day and night are equally divided.

Qingming: sunny and lush.

Grain Rain: Rain makes a hundred valleys. With sufficient and timely rainfall, cereal crops can thrive.

Long summer: the beginning of summer.

Xiaoman: Summer crops such as wheat are full of seeds.

Miscanthus species: Miscanthus crops such as wheat are mature.

Summer solstice: The hot summer is coming.

Summer heat: Summer heat means heat. Slight summer heat refers to when the climate begins to get hot.

Big institutions: the hottest time of the year.

Beginning of autumn: The beginning of autumn.

Summer heat: place means stop and hide. Summer is the end of hot summer.

White dew: The weather turns cold and the dew condenses into white.

Autumnal equinox: divided equally between day and night.

Cold dew: Dew is cold and will freeze.

First frost: it's getting colder and colder, frosty.

Beginning of winter: The beginning of winter.

Xiaoxue: It's starting to snow.

Heavy snow: the snowfall is increasing, and there may be snow on the ground.

Solstice of winter: the cold winter is coming.

Slight cold: The climate began to get cold.

Great cold: the coldest time of the year.

Twenty-four solar terms are the discovery of the wisdom of Chinese ancestors. Now many people are saying that the 24 solar terms are very good, but they are only suitable for China, or more accurately, only for North China in the Yellow River Basin. It doesn't apply anymore. Is that really the case? Let me study this problem by analyzing the names of the 24 solar terms.

First, divide the names of the 24 solar terms into four groups in order, and each group is divided into two halves:

Beginning of spring, rain, fright, vernal equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain;

Long summer, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Xiaoshu, Dashu;

Beginning of autumn, Chu Shu, Bailu, Autumnal Equinox, Cold Dew, First Frost;

Beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow. Winter solstice, slight cold, severe cold.

As soon as this is released, you can see immediately that after the first four words are set up, the second half begins, and then the words "spring, summer, autumn and winter" begin. What does this mean? It goes without saying that the four seasons are spring, summer, autumn and winter. Standing up from four is the beginning. In the second half of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, there are two words "fen" and two words "knowledge". What do you mean by integral? The simplest "one in two" is "one in two", which means that the season here is divided into two. What about the other two words "know"? It's easy to misunderstand the meaning of "end", but what is end? Don't think it's the end of the season. The sun has gone north or south and is going back. If we examine the original meaning of the word "zhi" exactly, "zhi" means extreme. For example, when we say "at least", that is to say, we can't be less, very small. The summer solstice means that the sun has gone north to the extreme and will return, but the summer is not over, but just at the midpoint. The solstice in winter is similar. The sun has just reached the southernmost tip and started to turn to the north. Winter is half over.

These eight solar terms are usually called four seasons and eight festivals. Actually, it's four beginnings and eight middle schools. They define the four seasons. But what do the four seasons mean? Isn't it hot in summer? Isn't it cold in winter? Why is it hot in late summer and cold in late winter? Isn't this Xia Dong crooked?

This question is really reasonable. Did the ancients set the four seasons wrong? Only by thinking deeply can we understand the mystery.

It turns out that heat and cold depend on the sun, but the reasons why people feel hot and cold are very complicated, and the sun is not the only decisive factor. For example, there are two doors at both ends of a big house. In winter, a pot of fire enters from the left door, slowly moves to the right door, and finally goes out from the right door. Do you think the temperature in the house is the highest when the fire moves to the center? You must say no, but the temperature is the highest when the fire moves to the right door. The reason is that it takes time for a fire to emit heat into the air. When the fire moves to the middle, the heat has not dissipated. Sun exposure is almost the same, and the factors affecting temperature are much more complicated. So the concept of season, when it first appeared, was very simple, based on people's direct feelings. When people want to define the accurate concept of the four seasons and want to incorporate the concept of the four seasons into the calendar, people realize that they can't define the four seasons just according to the temperature. At the same time, the temperature varies from place to place, and the temperature at the same time in different years is not the same. Therefore, we must find a most stable and universally applicable standard to determine the four seasons. Our clever ancestors discovered this standard, that is, the north-south position of the sun. This standard is astronomical. Although the north-south position of the sun can not only determine the temperature of a place, but also affect the temperature change in a year regularly. Therefore, it is of practical value to determine the four seasons according to the north-south position of the sun. Of course, the four seasons determined in this way are definitely different from those directly determined by temperature. Usually, the direct season is called the meteorological season. Meteorological season cannot be used as calendar season. The astronomical season mentioned just now can be used as the calendar season. The meteorological season usually lags behind the astronomical season, and the Yellow River Basin in China lags behind by about three periods. The four seasons set by the above eight solar terms are astronomical season and calendar season. This can explain why the heat and cold are not in the middle of Xia Dong.

Four seasons and eight festivals are the skeleton of twenty-four solar terms and calendars. The other 16 solar terms are branches or meat on the skeleton. Using branches or meat is a bridge between astronomical season and meteorological season.

We see "rain" and "fear" being inserted into the bisector between beginning of spring and the vernal equinox. These two names describe the meteorological or biological characteristics of the first half of spring. It's going to rain, and the little life hiding in the ground for the winter will start to wake up when it hears the call of the sun. Between the vernal equinox and the long summer is "Qingming" and "Grain Rain". From the rainy season, we can know the climate of Tomb-Sweeping Day. Literally, we can know from Grain Rain that this is the season when crops need rain to promote their growth. Insert "Xiao Man" and "Busy" between the long summer and the summer solstice. When the wheat is full, the awn seed is the busy season for wheat harvest and autumn planting. Between summer solstice and early autumn, there are "slight summer heat" and "great summer heat", which are the hottest months. Between beginning of autumn and the autumnal equinox, the words "summer heat" and "white dew" are inserted, which is the end of summer heat and the early autumn season when dew begins to appear in the morning and evening. The significance of inserting "cold dew" and "first frost" between the autumnal equinox and beginning of winter is self-evident. Insert "light snow" and "heavy snow" between beginning of winter and winter solstice; The meteorological significance of inserting "slight cold" and "severe cold" between winter solstice and beginning of spring is more clear and needs no explanation. In a word, these sixteen solar terms are inserted between the eight solar terms to describe the meteorology and phenology of the Yellow River Basin in China. Any other place in the world can imitate and give appropriate names to these sixteen solar terms according to their meteorological and phenological characteristics, just like the relationship between world time and time zone. So: the 24 solar terms are actually applicable all over the world. The origin of the twenty-four solar terms

Twenty-four solar terms originated in the Yellow River Basin. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, four solar terms were set, namely, mid-spring, mid-summer, mid-autumn and mid-winter. After continuous improvement and perfection, by the Qin and Han Dynasties, the 24 solar terms had been completely established. In BC 104, the taichu calendar written by Deng Ping officially set 24 solar terms in the calendar, and defined the astronomical position of the 24 solar terms.

The time when the sun runs along the longitude of the Yellow River from zero 15 degrees is called "a solar term". It runs 360 degrees every year, and * * * experiences 24 solar terms, twice a month. Among them, the first solar term of each month is "solar term", that is, beginning of spring, Jingzhe, Qingming, Changxia, Mangzhong, Xiaoshu, beginning of autumn, Bailu, Hanlu, beginning of winter, Heavy Snow, Xiaohan, etc. 12 solar terms; The second solar term of each month is "Zhongqi", that is, there are 12 solar terms such as rain, vernal equinox, Grain Rain, Xiaoman, summer solstice, great heat, intense heat, autumnal equinox, first frost, light snow, winter solstice and great cold. "Solar term" and "neutral qi" appear alternately, each lasting 15 days. Now people have called "solar terms" and "neutral gas" solar terms.

Twenty-four solar terms reflect the apparent movement of the sun in one year, so the dates of solar terms are basically fixed in the current Gregorian calendar, with the first half of the year being 6 days and 2 1, and the second half being 8 days and 23 days, with a difference of 1 ~ 2 days.

Twenty-four solar terms are the original cultural heritage of working people in China, which can reflect the changes of seasons, guide agricultural activities and affect the food, clothing, housing and transportation of thousands of households. Since 2000, the main political activity center in China has been concentrated in the Yellow River Basin, and the 24 solar terms have been established on the basis of the climate and phenology in this area. Due to the vast territory and changeable terrain of China, the 24 solar terms are only a reference for many regions.

The origin of the "twenty-four solar terms" in the lunar calendar

According to the different positions of the sun on the ecliptic, it is further divided into 24 different positions, called solar terms. The ancestors divided the whole tropical year from the winter solstice to the next winter solstice into 12 equal parts, and each equal part was called "zhongqi", and then the length of zhongqi was divided into two parts, and its point was called "solar terms". These twelve gases and twelve solar terms are collectively called "twenty-four solar terms". In the western calendar, there are only four solar terms: vernal equinox, summer solstice, autumnal equinox and winter solstice, which correspond to the four moments when the sun passes through the equator twice and the northernmost and southernmost parts of the ecliptic are divided into four seasons. However, in the China lunar calendar, the solar terms are divided very finely, and 24 solar terms are set, and two adjacent solar terms correspond to the sun running on the ecliptic 15 degrees. The names of solar terms mostly reflect phenology, the starting point and midpoint of farming season or season, which is obviously based on the convenience of farming season, and can be said to reflect the position of the sun and the cold and warm climate. This concept came into being at the latest in the Spring and Autumn Period.

The earth revolves around an elliptical orbit, which runs faster near perihelion (winter solstice) and slower near apohelion (summer solstice). So from the earth's point of view, the speed of the sun running on the ecliptic is also fast in winter and slow in summer, and the time required to run to 15 degrees is naturally different, so the length of time experienced between the two solar terms is also different. Solar terms are dense in winter and sparse in summer. The division of the 24 solar terms is entirely based on the length of the tropic year.

In order to reconcile the difference between the tropic year (solar calendar) and the lunar month (lunar calendar), the lunar calendar calls the even number of the 24 solar terms "Zhongqi" and the odd number "Zhongqi", and stipulates that every Zhongqi should be marked by a lunar month. For example, the rain must be in the first month, the vernal equinox must be in February, and Grain Rain must be in March. In addition, the name of the month must also be consistent with the corresponding gas.

Generally speaking, the first month of the lunar calendar is shorter than the time when the sun travels 30 degrees on the ecliptic. So a few months later, one of the months arranged according to the first month of the lunar calendar was not angry, and this month was designated as the "leap month" of the lunar calendar. Because it doesn't have a month name, it still uses the month name of the previous month, which is called leap month, and within one month after May of the 1998 lunar calendar (.

The names and phenology of the 24 solar terms are as follows:

Beginning of spring: Starting immediately, spring is stupid, which means that everything begins to have vitality. This spring has begun.

Rain: When it starts to rain, there will be more rain.

Stinging: Spring thunder will disturb the dormant and hibernating creatures underground, and they will begin to be unearthed.

Equinox: This is the equinox of 90 days in spring, and day and night are equal, so it was called vernal equinox and autumnal equinox in ancient times.

Qingming: Clear sky in Wan Li, with a warm climate, vegetation began to sprout luxuriantly.

Grain Rain: Rain makes a hundred valleys. Rainfall increases, and timely rainfall is very beneficial to grain growth.

Long summer: From summer, everything will grow with the warm climate.

Xiaoman: Plumpness means that the grain is full, and summer hot crops such as wheat begin to sow and fill at this time, which is about to be full.

Miscanthus species; Crops with awns

Beginning of spring (1ST solar $ TERM) February 3, 4 or 5.

Rain (second sun $ TERM) February 18, 19 or 20

The awakening of the insert (the third sun $ TERM) occurred on March 5, 6 or 7.

Equinox (fourth sun $ TERM) March 20, 2 1 or 22.

Qingming festival (the fifth sun $ TERM) April 4, 5 or 6

Grain Rain, Grain Rain (the sixth sun $ TERM) April 19, 20 or 2 1

The beginning of the long summer (the seventh sun $ TERM) may 5, 6 or 7

Xiaoman Xiaoman (eighth sun $ TERM) May 20, 2 1 or 22

June 5, 6 or 7 (ninth solar $ TERM)

Summer solstice (10th solar $ TERM) June 2 1or22.

On July 6th, 7th or 8th, the heat was low (1 1 solar $ TERM)

Great heat (12 solar $ TERM) July 22, 23 or 24

Beginning of autumn (13 solar $ TERM) August 7, 8 or 9.

August 22nd, 23rd or 24th, the end of heat (14 solar $ TERM)

The Millennium (15 sun $ TERM) September 7, 8 or 9

Autumnal equinox (16 solar time) September 22nd, 23rd or 24th.

Cold dew (17 solar $ TERM)1October 8 or 9

1the first frost arrival on October 23rd or 24th (18 solar $ TERM).

Beginning of winter (19 solar $ TERM) 1 1 July 7 or 8.

Xiaoxue (20th sun $ TERM) 1 1 22nd or 23rd of the month

Heavy snow (2 1 solar time $ TERM)1February 6, 7 or 8

Winter solstice (22nd sun $ TERM)1February 2 1, 22 or 23

1 Slight cold on May 5, 6 or 7 (23rd solar $ TERM)

/kloc-severe cold on the 20th or 2nd of 0/month (24th solar $ TERM)

( 1)

The spring rain shocks the spring and the valley, and the summer is full of mountains and summer heat.

There are dewdrops in autumn, first frost in cold, light snow in winter and cold in winter.

Two festivals in a month remain the same, with a difference of one or two days at most.

The first half of the year is 62 1, and the second half is 823.

(2)

Plum blossoms in the West Garden are released in beginning of spring first, and Yunzhen is covered by light and rain.

At the beginning of fright, carp jumped into the river, and butterflies blossomed in the spring equinox.

Flying kites in Qingming Festival is good, and sericulture in Grain Rain West Chamber is also suitable.

Peony grows in summer and flowers are scattered, and Hosta is in front of the court.

On the other side of the stream, mangoes grow with fishermen's music, and farmland cultivates the summer solstice.

In summer, put on a white shirt, watch the wind in the river, and sleep in summer.

Sunflowers bloom in early autumn, and cicadas listen in the west wing of summer.

The green garden is stained with white dew, and the laurel tree is folded at the autumnal equinox.

The cold dew on the dry mountain startled the swan goose, and the first frost appeared in Lu Hua's Polygonum Beach.

Beginning of winter drinks Kirin Pavilion and Xiaoxue embroidered poems.

Deep snow warms the red stove, and pipa is lazy to play the winter solstice.

Xiao Han lies high in Handan dream, holding snow floating in the air to get cold.

(3)

The plum blossoms in the early spring are particularly bright, and the apricot blossoms after the rain are particularly fresh;

Lulin thunder, butterfly dance between flowers at the vernal equinox.

Qingming kite broken, Grain Rain tender tea jade companion,

Mulberry fruits are like cherries in the long summer, and silkworms are cultivated in the small man.

Before mango seedlings enter the palace, the summer solstice rice and flowers are like white practice;

Summer breeze urges early-maturing beans, and Chi Pan enjoys red lotus in hot summer.

Beginning of autumn knows how to make people fall asleep, and sunflowers smile in summer.

The white dew returns to the geese, and the autumn equinox smells like osmanthus.

Cold dew vegetable seedlings are green, and the first frost reed flowers are floating all over the sky;

Beginning of winter reported good news, reported three rewards, and light snow and goose feathers flew in pieces.

The snow is very cold, the plum blossoms are crazy in the wind, and the winter solstice is full of snow.

Little cold wanderers are homesick, and they celebrate reunion at the end of the cold year.

(D) 24 solar terms Climate Agricultural Songs

Beginning of spring: From the beginning of spring, we should fight for six or nine heads, sow in spring and prepare for farming early. A year's plan lies in spring, and agricultural production will be high and excellent.

Rain: Rain and spring rain are as expensive as oil, which can prevent soil moisture from flowing, accumulate more fertilizer and thresh more, select fine varieties and win a bumper harvest.

Scare: The weather is warm, the air is open, hibernating insects wake up, and winter wheat is inhibited to conserve moisture, and spring wheat is raked in the cultivated land.

Vernal equinox: the spring equinox is windy and rainy, the land thaws and the spring tide begins, the rice fields are leveled and plowed early, and the winter wheat turns green and watered.

Qingming: Qingming spring grass is green, which is a good time to plant melons, beans, beets and seedlings.

Grain Rain: The snow and frost have not broken in Grain Rain, so don't delay sowing miscellaneous grains. The swallow drops when it comes back, and the branches of the nursery are connected to the orchard.

Long summer: In long summer, wheat seedlings grow taller and taller, rice seedlings should be planted on the flat ground, intertillage weeding should protect soil moisture, and the greenhouse should be windproof.

Xiaoman: Xiaoman is as mild as spring, preventing aphids, wheat stalks and flies, fertilizing rice fields to promote evil, and catching and shearing wool to prevent cold wind.

Miscanthus species: Miscanthus species have less rain and high temperature, corn seedling interplanting is fixed, millet buckwheat seeds grab water, and paddy field weeding.

Summer solstice: Hail is fierce in summer solstice and early summer. Seed is selected by removing impurities, eliminating hail and increasing rainfall, and dry hot wind is used to prevent corn from sticking.

Summer heat: when the summer heat enters the dog days, when Longkou grabs food, the corn is cultivated, which is not easy to prevent rain and fire.

Great summer: the rainstorm in great summer is increasing, the multiple cropping of autumn vegetables is tense, the rice blast is predicted frequently, and the seedlings in deep water are protected against low temperature.

Beginning of autumn: Autumn rain began in beginning of autumn to prevent corn borer as early as possible. Deep ploughing turned the soil into gold, and the tree hearts were picked by bud grafting in the nursery.

Summer vacation: In the crisp summer vacation in autumn, emerald beets should be watered, grain and vegetables should be carefully managed in the later period, and winter wheat should be prepared for planting fertilizer.

White dew: White dew is cold at night and hot during the day. It is a good season to sow winter wheat, irrigate rice and harvest sunflower in dry fields. Early-maturing apples are busy picking.

Autumnal equinox: The autumn rain is getting colder, the rice is yellow, the autumn harvest is busy, the grain is threshed for public grain, and the mountain area is frost-proof and listening to the weather.

Cold dew: cold dew grass withers and geese fly south, potatoes and beets are busy recovering, radish and cabbage are well managed, and straw is returned to the field for fertilization in autumn.

First frost: The first frost is frozen and frosted. In autumn, soil moisture should be turned over, winter water should be poured on the anti-freezing day, threshing and drying grain, and the granary should be repaired.

Beginning of winter: In beginning of winter, the frozen soil disappeared during the day, cattle and sheep were delineated, and farmland construction reached a climax.

Xiaoxue: The first snow fell in the small snowfield, and the young trees and grapes were soon buried. Use winter leisure to accumulate fat, and crops are not fat.

Heavy snow: Heavy snow and wax snow indicate a good year. Diversified management can create high yield, timely harrow and protect soil moisture, and accumulate more fertilizers to find fertilizer sources.

Winter solstice: Winter solstice lasts nine days. Sheep and livestock should be cold-proof, actively participate in night schools and technical schools, and increase production and harvest by scientific research.

Slight cold: Slight cold enters Sanjiu, makes a fortune for the New Year, attends training classes in winter, and constantly summarizes new experiences.

Great cold: Although the great cold makes farmers happy, the policy of enriching the people cannot be praised. We will continue to contract for joint production and we will be happy next year.

(5) Hundred solar terms

Say you are a child, playing the lion on the first day of the first month.

Silkworm eggs are scared in February, and Qingming graves float in March.

In April, rice seedlings are planted in long summer, and in May, Duanyang eats zongzi.

Buy a fan in June and burn a master in beginning of autumn in July.

August festival is full of sesame seeds, and September Chongyang catches rotten seeds.

Wear a coat in cold weather in October and dry a cage in winter.

In the twelfth lunar month, I hide from my master everywhere.

(VI) Seven-character Poems of Twenty-four Solar Terms