Global Wired | The Second of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms: Rain

The twenty-four solar terms are the annual movements of the Sun by the ancestors of China

and the law of change of the weather,

Established Chinese unique system of time knowledge.

It not only guides the traditional agricultural production of ancient Chinese,

Today, the way of thinking and behavior of hundreds of millions of Chinese is even more profoundly affected.

After the spring, the rain is tempered, the east wind thaws, the snow is getting less, and the rain is getting more.

Spring rain is like the spirit of the world, when it is warm and cold, it sneaks into the human world with the wind and moisturizes all things.

Let the dead wood be in spring and the seeds germinate.

At this point, the earth has warmed up, the grass and trees have sprouted, and the heavens and the earth have been full of vitality.

Producer: Fu Hua

Chief planner: Zhou Zongmin

Producer: Yan Tao, Shang Jun, Xing Peiyu

Coordinator: Wang Lu

Producer/Planner: Lin Yu

Editors: Chen Yi, Ai Siqi, Mi Ke, Zeng Ying, Zhang Yibin, Liu Yanxia

Produced by China Xinhua News Television Network (CNC).

Produced by Xinhua News Agency's International Communication Integration Platform