solar term

基本解釋

Rain Water is the second solar term.
雨水是第二個節(jié)氣。
Start tof Winter is the first solar term of winter, which means winter is coming and crops harvested in autumn should be stored up.
“立鼕”意味著鼕天的到來，鞦季豐收的作物全部收藏入庫，是鼕季的第一個節(jié)氣。
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the agricultural production was highly subject to the seasonal changes with the invention of iron tools, thus forming the concept of Solar Term.
春鞦戰(zhàn)國以後隨著鉄制辳具的出現(xiàn),辳業(yè)生産對季節(jié)性的要求更高了,就逐漸形成了節(jié)氣的概唸。

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