Twenty-four solar terms clay works

Appreciation of clay sculpture works in the twenty-four solar terms;

It was divided by the ancient calendar according to the position of the sun on the ecliptic. It refers to the 24 solar terms in a year, such as beginning of spring, Rain, Creeping, Vernal Equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Long Summer, Slight Summer, Busy, Summer Solstice, Minor Summer, beginning of autumn, Summer Solstice, White Dew, Autumn Equinox, Cold Dew, First Frost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold and Severe Cold, which play an important role in promoting farming steps.

Twenty-four solar terms (24 solar terms) is a knowledge system and social practice formed by China people by observing the annual movement of the sun and understanding the changing laws of seasons, climate and phenology in a year. It is the product of ancient farming civilization and has been guiding Chinese traditional agricultural production and daily life for thousands of years. Twenty-four solar terms are China people's world outlook, which reveals and refines this orderly ecological change law in a year.

As the main political, economic, cultural and agricultural activity centers in China are mostly concentrated in the Central Plains of the Yellow River Basin in history, the 24 solar terms were established based on this area. Twenty-four solar terms are the wisdom crystallization of ancient ancestors in China. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the ancient sages of China set four solar terms: midsummer, midsummer, midsummer and midsummer, and constantly improved and perfected them.

By the Qin and Han Dynasties, the 24 solar terms had been completely established and became a supplementary calendar used to guide farming in ancient China. In the field of international meteorology, the 24 solar terms are known as "the fifth invention of China".