4 seasons in a year:
spring summer autumn and winter
★Chinese divide four seasons into 24 solar terms. The solar term system has been in use for several thousand years in china. At first people made a plan for life and farming according to change of solar terms. The solar term is closely related to Chinese’s belief.
Season
★The origin of the solar term is around central plains of china. So the climate of central plains should be taken as a reference when analyzing other climates with this term. The solar term is not adapted to other countries. However, the degree of Chinese’s attaching importance to it is as to religion. It deepens into Chinese culture. It is very cool that foreigners get their Chinese names with solar terms. The principle of the 24 solar terms is: according to the Sun's position in orbit, every 15 degrees forward is a term; running a week is a year, 360 degrees for the 24 solar terms.




