At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics
A countdown to twenty-four solar terms
Amazed the world with Chinese aesthetics
Show the unique charm of this ancient Chinese calendar
Countdown to the opening ceremony of the XXIV Winter Olympic Games. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Song Yanhua
The 24 solar terms are formed in the Yellow River Basin
It is a meteorological calendar summarized according to the effect of the sun on the earth during the year
It has been used for more than 2,000 years
In 2016
The twenty-four solar terms are inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Henan Dengfeng Observatory
It is the center of astronomical activities in ancient China
Here the Zhou Gong Jing ("Jing" through "Shadow") platform
It is the place where the sun shadow was tested and the four hours were tested in the week of that year
It is the oldest astronomical relic in China
The Yuan Dynasty Observatory here
It was created by the famous astronomer Guo Shoujing
It is not only the earliest surviving observatory in China
It is also an astronomical place for the verification and measurement of the twenty-four solar terms in ancient China
The twenty-four solar terms began to be conceived from the Western Zhou Dynasty
The earliest is "two to" and "two points"
Establishing the "Four Stands" in the Spring and Autumn Period
During the Warring States period, other solar terms were basically formed
During the Qin and Han dynasties, the name was determined
In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the "Taichu Calendar" was formulated to include it in the calendar
It has played a key role in the development of China's agricultural civilization
Lv Hongjun, a representative inheritor of the twenty-four solar terms of provincial intangible cultural heritage, believes
The twenty-four solar terms are the embodiment of Chinese view of nature and life
"Itself is a kind of 'Chinese romance'"
Reporter: Ren Zhuoru, Yang Jing
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