The culture of leisure that formed in the Song Dynasty originated among noblemen and later spread to common people. Economic progress fostered unpre…[详细]

Chu Shu indicates that the hot summer is coming to an end although it is not cool yet. Chu Shu: Limit of Heat Chu Shu happens on Aug. 23 eac…[详细]

Children reciteThe Analects, a classic Confucian text, at Songyang Academy in Dengfeng, Henan Province. Chinese civilization has a long histor…[详细]

Li Qiu is a big solar term for farmers. It is time to gather crops in southern China. Da Shu: Major Heat Da Shu begins when the sun reaches …[详细]

In Xiao Shu, lotus is growing stronger, which shows the most beautiful view in summer. When the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 105 deg…[详细]

Mang Zhong is the busiest season of planting crops such as millet. Mang Zhong: Grain in Ear Mang Zhong begins when the sun reaches the celes…[详细]

Shenguai fiction (the fictions of god and demons) in ancient China has a long history and is large in quantity. [详细]

In Xiao Man, summer grains grow fuller day by day but are not totally ripe yet. Qing Ming: Pure Brightness Qing Ming comes around April 5, …[详细]

Chinese plum blossom trees come into bloom in North China during Li Chun, which marks the beginning of spring. The 24 solar terms were determi…[详细]