Source: China News Network, People's Daily Weibo (CCTV screenshot)
The opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics officially kicked off on the evening of the 4th, coinciding with the "Lichun" festival.
Among them, the performance with the theme of "Li Chun" is extremely ingenious. The countdown to the twenty-four solar terms is very unique, and many netizens liked it on Weibo: "The creativity is great!" "That's great!"
What cultural implications do the twenty-four solar terms contain? Come, it's time to increase knowledge!
Spring
"At the end of the year, planting land is calculated early." "Standing" has the meaning of beginning, the sting begins to vibrate, and the weather gradually warms up. Playing Spring Bull, Dai Chunsheng... People greet the arrival of spring.
rainwater
"When the east wind thaws, it scatters into rain." Before and after the rain festival, the spring mood is more obvious, and there are customs such as "occupying rice color".
Sting
"When it comes to the Sting Festival, the cultivated land cannot rest." The sting means that the mid-spring season begins, and people begin to be busy with spring plowing. Folk pay attention to eating pears when stinging, or eating fried beans.
equinox
"When the season comes to the spring equinox, plant trees must be tightened." During the spring equinox, the day and night are equally divided, and the customs include "erecting eggs" and sending spring cattle, etc., and the curtain of farming is further opened.
clear and bright
"Before and after the Qingming Dynasty, plant melons and beans." It is a festival and a traditional festival. Eating green dough, stepping on green, flying kites... In addition, tomb sweeping and ancestor worship is also an important custom of the Qingming Festival.
Valley rain
"Rain gives birth to a hundred grains." This is the last festival of spring and a good time to sow and move seedlings. Some farmers will post grain rain stickers in the hope of eliminating najib.
LiXia
"Summer is not hot, and the grain is not knotted." Li Xia said that since the beginning of the Mengxia season, folk customs such as "fighting eggs" and "weighing people" are quite popular.
Small full
"Xiao Man looks at the wheat yellow for three days." Around the characteristics of agricultural activities and phenology, the folk have customs such as offering sacrifices to the god of the car and eating wild vegetables.
Mango seeds
"Mango is busy, Mai is on the field." When planting, agricultural activities are busy, and there are also interesting customs such as "sending flowers" and "marrying trees", and the eating habits are generally light.
summer solstice
"The summer solstice is a few heads." The summer solstice to eat noodles, in ancient times also called "summer solstice festival", women also gave each other folding fans, fat powder and other things.
Small summer
"A little summer, a big summer, steaming up and down." In the summer, folk eat lotus and "eat new food", and some people will take advantage of the good weather to dry clothes and books.
Hot summer
"The heat is not hot, the grain is not affordable." Summer, refers to the "extreme heat", more suitable for drinking herbal tea, there are also "drink summer sheep" and other customs, summer month cruise is quite elegant.
Autumn
"Autumn is standing, and it is cool." People want to "nibble on autumn" and "dry autumn". In some places, it is popular to eat watermelon in autumn to "bite autumn", and it is said that it is possible not to have autumn prickly heat.
Heat up
"The summer is full of yellow, and the family repairs the warehouse." Farm work is busy during the summer, and it is also said that there is a folk custom of eating duck in the summer.
Lu
"Naked and naked." At this time, there are many customs such as drinking "white dew tea" and eating longan.
autumnal equinox
"The autumn equinox grains are rolling." The autumn equinox has the custom of drinking "autumn soup", eating tangyuan, and erecting eggs. It is said to have been a traditional "festival of the moon".
Cold dew
"The cold dew frightens the autumn evening, and the chrysanthemums fade to yellow." In addition to the busy agricultural activities, people drink alcohol, ascend to the heights, and welcome the arrival of cold dew.
Frost
"Frost falls to frost, and grain is full of grain." Frost is the last festival of autumn, and folk customs such as eating persimmons and "boiled lamb" are commonplace.
Li Dong
"Make up for winter, make up for the emptiness." This is the first festival of winter, paying attention to eating sugar cane, fried rice, etc. Or, come and have a dumpling.
light snow
"It's getting colder when the snow comes." The name of the festival is Xiaoxue, but it may not snow at this time. People are busy making some sausages and bacon for the Spring Festival to enjoy.
heavy snow
"Heavy snow is a good year." It's winter, everything is lurking, and the busy farming activities are basically over. At this time, it is a good time to make up for it.
winter solstice
"The winter solstice is as big as the year." It is a great auspicious day in the hearts of the ancients. Eat dumplings, eat tangyuan... This is also a delicacy that belongs to the winter solstice.
Little cold
"Little cold, big cold, frozen into a ball." Xiao Han is generally around the "Three Nine", the temperature is extremely low, you need to pay attention to cold protection and warmth.
Great cold
"The Great Cold ushers in the New Year." It is close to the Lunar New Year, and some activities before the New Year, such as sweeping dust and pasting new year red, coincide with the time period of the great cold.
It can be said that the "twenty-four solar terms" are the knowledge system and social practice formed by Chinese by observing the annual movement of the sun and recognizing the changes in the seasons and phenology of the year. There is a complete account of the twenty-four solar terms in the Huainan Zi.
Some solar terms reflect the changes of the four seasons, such as spring and autumn equinox; some reflect temperature changes, such as small summer and large summer; some reflect weather phenomena, such as rain and white dew; and some reflect phenological phenomena, such as stinging and qingming.
In 2016, China successfully inscribed its "Twenty-Four Solar Terms" on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.