Nourishing Contemporary Life with Solar Term Culture
2023-04-19
Appreciating peonies, eating Chinese toons, and drinking Guyu tea, as people savor the taste of a happy life amidst flowers and delicious food, and feel the last look back of this spring, the last solar term of spring - Guyu is already within reach. As a unique "clock" of the Chinese nation, the 24 solar terms embody the excellent traditional Chinese culture and the broad wisdom of our ancestors, showcase the spiritual temperament and folk customs of the Chinese people, and mark the footprints of changes in the times and common cultural memories. Throughout history, Chinese people have organized agricultural activities and arranged daily life based on the solar terms. The solar term culture nourishes and nourishes people's lives, and is constantly endowed with new connotations through inheritance. The 24 solar terms contain rich ancient wisdom: "When the grain rain arrives, people laugh, and the fine rain moistens things silently." As the grain rain approaches, we can clearly feel that there is a significant increase in rainfall in various regions, with flowers blooming more profusely, and rice growing stronger. Part of its meaning can be understood from the name of Gu Yu. Grain rain is derived from the meaning of "rain produces a hundred grains", which means that during the grain rain season, abundant rainfall can meet the water needs of rice during the critical period and nourish crop growth. It can reflect precipitation phenomena over a period of time, just like solar terms such as rain, light snow, and heavy snow. Because of this, the solar term is also regarded as a medium to long-term "weather forecast" by people. Knowing the weather and farming. In the era of information technology, weather forecasting is more professional and accurate, but in vast rural areas, many experienced farmers still rely on familiar solar terms and agricultural proverbs to follow the "season" and not miss the agricultural season. Taking Gu Yu as an example, "During Gu Yu season, we plant Gu Tian, while the southern slope and northern depression are busy planting cotton. Rice seedlings are planted at a good temperature, and melons, beans, and ground eggs are planted." "Gu Yu plants sweet potato seedlings, and each tree can harvest a large basket." Nowadays, these solar terms and agricultural proverbs still play an important role in guiding agricultural production and serving farmers' lives. The 24 solar terms are not only a knowledge system about the laws of seasonal, climatic, and phenological changes, but also a Chinese philosophy of time, containing ancient people's thoughts on nature, heaven and earth, and time. It is the basic principle for people to arrange agricultural production and coordinate agricultural activities, and it is also a living guide for Chinese society to adapt to the times and guide practice. It is a typical representative of the achievements of civilization in excellent traditional Chinese culture. The solar term culture has a long and comprehensive history. The solar term is the time system of the Chinese people, which prompts and serves our production and life through natural time series; The folk customs of the solar terms have to some extent become the time coordinates of people's daily life, regulating the rhythm and specific content of daily life, allowing people to feel the sense of ritual in life; The solar term culture has become an aesthetic image and artistic conception with distinct Chinese national characteristics, precipitated into the aesthetic symbols and traditions of the Chinese people, and nurtured a large number of excellent literary and artistic works; Solar terms are related to human kinship. Even in different places, people can feel the same frequency and emotional resonance in the common solar terms and festivals. This collective empathy embodies a sense of cultural identity; The 24 solar terms are a unique romantic view of nature among the Chinese people, and the idea of the unity of heaven and man highlights the Chinese wisdom of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. Regarding the ancient wisdom hidden in the solar term culture, the book "Twenty Four Solar Terms and Seventy Two Seasons"
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Source：People.cn
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