The Twenty-Four Solar Terms and Seventy-Two Seasons were officially published

Recently, the book "Twenty-four Solar Terms and Seventy-Two Seasons", jointly completed by Xu Lijing and Xu Dongdong, was officially published by CITIC Publishing House.

"Twenty-four solar terms and seventy-two seasons" three-dimensional seal. Courtesy of respondents

According to reports, the book attaches equal importance to pictures and texts, with more than 140 exquisite Chinese abstract paintings and nearly 80 beautiful and delicate texts, from the perspective of life concept, innovatively depicts the grand and subtle and wonderful system of the twenty-four solar terms and seventy-two days, explains the way of heaven and earth behind this system and the love for the life of all things, and fully expresses the new understanding and new thinking of China's excellent traditional culture. The ancient twenty-four solar terms and seventy-two seasons have become the carrier of the author's exploration of the evolution of the cosmic world and culture, and have also become the entry point for his understanding of nature and life.

The author believes that the twenty-four solar terms and seventy-two weathers are not only a set of knowledge systems on the laws of seasonal, climatic and phenological changes, but also a philosophy of time belonging to the Chinese, and more importantly, a unique philosophy of life and life aesthetics of Chinese. The whole book aims to break through the traditional perspective of understanding, and to enter the level of the concept of life by recognizing the twenty-four solar terms and seventy-two weather, showing the poetic aesthetics of life Chinese, understanding the source of Chinese life energy, and telling the contemporary value and world significance of ancient Chinese wisdom and traditional Chinese culture.

It is understood that the text and paintings of the book are original. The two authors ask questions with pictures, write articles with pictures, take "heaven" as the unit, carefully pursue the footsteps of the changes of the four seasons, interpret each festival and phenology, not only explain from the level of knowledge, but also combine their own life experience and life experience, carefully understand the changes of heaven and earth and magnificent life imagery of the twenty-four solar terms and seventy-two weathers, excavate the endless life energy of the Chinese nation contained in it, and give it a new interpretation of life aesthetics. The perception of nature, the appreciation of art, and the contemplation of life are blended together.

In addition, the book also brings together a number of famous artists in different fields, such as Ding Yihui, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and special adviser to climate change of the China Meteorological Administration, Chen Lai, dean of the Institute of Chinese Studies of Tsinghua University and president of the Chinese Society for the History of Philosophy, and Xue Qikun, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and president of the Southern University of Science and Technology, all participated in the dialogue of this book, expounding the practical significance of the twenty-four solar terms and seventy-two days from different dimensions such as meteorology, philosophy, and quantum physics science, which has a profound foundation and enlightens people.