Just after the beginning of spring, there was rain yesterday. The traditional 24 solar terms of China accompany Suzhou’s reincarnation. In fact, Suzhou has its own scenery when every solar term comes. Today, let’s take a look at Suzhou among the 24 solar terms!
Rain Water
It is recorded in the collection of 72 orders of the moon that “spring belongs to wood, but those who grow wood must have water, so the rain comes after the beginning of spring. If the east wind thaws, it will disperse into rain. ” As the saying goes, “spring rain is as expensive as oil”, the south of the Yangtze River becomes warm and moist.
At this time, Suzhou gardens are full of spring, a scene of early spring. Although willows have not yet sprouted, plum blossoms are in full bloom and yellow in spring. The increasing rain does not prevent Suzhou people from traveling in the mountains and ponds, and the lights along the moat add a hazy filter to Suzhou.
The Waking of Insects
The first is peach blossom; the second is canggengming; the third is eagle dove Spring is coming to us. The peach blossom powder bud spot dyes the branch, the willow new leaf sprouts vomits the green, the spring light infinite is good.
The Spring Equinox
“Spring equinox rain feet fall slightly, willow bank slanting wind to bring guests back.” Equinox, is a beautiful and moving gentle. Infinite spring pour out, rain Ji scenery, equinox weather, a thousand flowers hundred flowers for beautiful and also spring is the best time to fly a kite.
Suzhou has officially entered the cherry blossom season. The cherry blossoms in yuanboyuan and Shangfangshan are blooming in silence overnight, white as snow and pink as Dai. They are quite romantic in clusters. The cherry blossom Avenue is hundreds of meters long, which is very similar to the scene in animation.
Pure Brightness
At this time, everything is clean and bright, so it is called Qingming. It’s a rare long holiday. Besides tomb sweeping and sacrifice, it’s also a good time for spring outing.
You could go to Shihu for spring outing, Yangcheng Lake for rape flowers, and Shushan for pear flowers. As the only one of the 24 solar terms, Qingming is both a solar term and a festival day. Qingming is endowed with a melancholy atmosphere, but in fact it is a “flourishing” season.
Grain Rain
Guyu is the sixth of the 24 solar terms and the last one in spring. It is also the only solar term that closely corresponds phenology, season and farming. At this time, Suzhou, catkins fly down, peony stamen, a scene of vitality.
Beginning of Summer
“The green trees are thick, the summer is long, and the tower reflects into the pond.” The beginning of summer is the first solar term in summer. The blooming flowers in spring are scattered with the wind and fall with the rain. Summer is coming, the shade of grass and the smell of wheat make people feel more vigorous vitality.
Not too hot weather is very charming, green has become the main color of the city. According to the customs of old Suzhou, there is a new custom of “seeing three fresh things at the beginning of summer”. The three fresh things can be divided into three kinds: land, tree, and water. There is also the custom of eating eggs and hanging egg bags.
Grain Full
After entering grain full, it is really summer. At the time of grain full, everything was “small enough to be full”, and the grain of summer crops began to fill, but it was not yet mature. Grain full is a season waiting for a good harvest. The most important thing is grain full means hot summer is coming.
Bearded Grain
Bearded grain is a busy solar term for farming. In this season, the temperature rises significantly and the rainfall is abundant. In the south of Jiangnan, the yellow plum rains fall. For us in Suzhou, bearded grain also means the worst day of the year, the rainy season of Mei is coming.
The Summer Solstice
“The scorching sun is approaching, and the summer is coming.” The arrival of the summer solstice means the beginning of the hot weather, where everything flourishes to the extreme, so it is the shortest night and the longest day of the year. In Suzhou in midsummer, there are lotus and lotus in the corner of water, and cicadas can always be heard in the lush forest.
Suzhou is known as the “winter eat wonton summer eat noodles” custom, everyone will eat a bowl of noodles on the summer solstice this day.
Slight Heat
The heat is divided into big and small, the beginning of the month is small, the middle of the month is big, and now the heat is still small. Many Suzhou people go to the mountains to cool down and escape from the heatwave of the city. At this time, they suddenly understand the pleasure of living in seclusion in the mountains.
Great Heat
Suzhou people’s midsummer is not as sad as they think. There is often rain, and the air is moist. The heat is not so uncomfortable.
Therefore, Suzhou people still like to go out in summer. On a summer night, the girls in cheongsam stroll along Pingjiang road with sandalwood fans in their hands, forming the most beautiful summer scenery in Jiangnan with the ancient streets.
Beginning of Autumn
By the beginning of autumn, the Wutong tree must begin to shed leaves, so there is an idiom of “falling leaves and knowing autumn”. Autumn in Suzhou has always been short and warm. The heat has not dissipated since the beginning of autumn, and all things in the city are endowed with charming colors.
The Wutong trees on Shiquan Street began to turn yellow. The sunset orange in the Jinji Lake was getting blurred, and the chestnut on the street corner began to smell sweet. Suzhou, whose palette has been overturned by God, is slowly amazing. You will find the beautiful autumn scenery of Suzhou.
The Limit of Heat
The hot summer is about to pass, although the sun is still strong. It’s a good time to visit the countryside and enjoy the scenery in autumn. In the boundless sea of flowers, you could romantic atmosphere around.
White Dew
The arrival of white dew solar term indicates the beginning of cool season, because it is the solar term with the largest temperature difference between day and night. After white dew, the temperature dropped rapidly.
The Autumnal Equinox
At the autumnal equinox, the gradual warming tone begins to cover the whole city. Many autumn colors can be seen everywhere in Suzhou.
Cold Dew
The ancients regarded dew as a sign of the cold weather, while the modern people’s more intuitive understanding of dew is the unique beauty of late autumn. After the cold dew, the maple leaves in Tianping mountain gradually turn red. You can enjoy the autumn from a high altitude and have a panoramic view of the autumn with strong saturation.
Frost’s Descent
After the first frost, the weather became colder, and the major gardens began to hold chrysanthemum exhibitions one after another. After several autumn rains, ginkgo leaves were knocked off the road. There are not so many flowers and plants, branches and vines. The mountains are bright, the water is clean, and the sky is clear. Everything becomes simple and transparent.
Beginning of Winter
The beginning of winter is the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. The sharp wind is the best sign of the beginning of winter. At the beginning of winter, the weather is getting colder, the ground is full of yellow leaf maple, and the sky is becoming open.
Slight Snow
Slight snow is the first solar term after the beginning of winter, the 20th of the 24 solar terms, and also a sign of cold weather. The slight snow began to appear in the early winter, and the people in Suzhou also had expectations for the snow.
Great Snow
In order to guide farming, the ancients named the 21st solar term of the year as great snow. From this day on, the rainfall gradually decreased and the weather became colder. Great snow, a poetic solar term.
The Winter Solstice
The winter solstice is a very important solar term. For Suzhou people, the winter solstice is as big as the year. The long line at the gate of Yuandachang is the best tribute to the winter solstice. Although winter wine is sold everywhere, you must drink the most authentic wine on the day of winter solstice.
Slight Cold
Slight cold, the 23rd of the 24 solar terms, is also the coldest solar term in Suzhou. At this time, the cold wind was blowing in Suzhou gardens, rolling the withered leaves of ancient trees to the ground.
Great Cold
In the great cold, the heart of Suzhou people is gradually hot. With the cold coming, the atmosphere of the new year is getting stronger and stronger. At this time, the streets of Suzhou are full of red lanterns. The cured fish and cured meat in the alley swing with the wind, waiting to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.
Beginning of Spring
The beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, which is the beginning of all things and the meaning of all rebirth, also means that a new cycle has been opened. At the beginning of spring, the spring breeze thaws in Suzhou gardens, and the trees bud. Green pine, green bamboo, full tree Chimonanthus, rich fragrance of flowers. After a spring rain, the plum blossoms of each family continued to open, it is a top-ranking event for Suzhou people to enjoy plum blossoms in xiangxuehai after the beginning of spring.
