First of all, the beginning of the introduction of the concept of 24 solar terms, here to say that the corresponding English translation is very spot on, a Chinese lunar year (chinese lunar year) has 24 solar terms, which is to tell foreigners that our A Chinese lunar year has 24 solar terms, which tells foreigners that our lunar calendar is used in conjunction with the solar calendar, and that our 24 solar terms were developed by the ancients to observe the changes in the sun during the year. Since a lunar month lasts 29.5 days on average, the 24 solar terms are referenced to the relationship of the solar terms to the lunar month and the intercalary leap method is used to ensure the accuracy of the Chinese lunar calendar, which is passed down to this day.
The first 24 concepts
The countdown to 24 begins with the rainy season immediately after the first day of spring
The second 24 concepts
The rainy season is accompanied by Du Fu's poem, "Joyous Rain on a Spring Night," which reads, "The good rains know the time of the year and the spring is the season of the occurrence of the rain. The winds are silent, and the rain is silent. The path is dark with clouds, but the riverboat is bright with fire. The red wet place in the dawn, the flower heavy Jin Guan Cheng.
The corresponding image consists of twelve ice skaters and twelve sets of their outward-facing legs and inward-facing arms, 12+12=24, the third appearance of the 24 concept.
The third 24 concept
The last picture of the 24-season countdown, Lichun (February 4), is also the day of the opening ceremony, the fourth 24-season concept
The fourth 24 concept
Followed by the descent of Tianshui into the earth (taking the imagery of the water of the Yellow River coming from the heavens, which also corresponds to the heavenly stem of the year of nonnyin - -The water of the Yellow River comes from the sky, which also corresponds to the image of the water of the sea in the year of Nongyin.)
After the birth of Tianshui, an Ice Cube slowly rises up to show the 24 Winter Olympics at the main venue (the fifth 24th Concept)
The fifth 24th Concept
The Ice Cube shows the previous 23 Winter Olympics host cities in order, up to the 24th Winter Olympics in Beijing (the sixth 24th Concept)
The Ice Cube shows the previous 23 Winter Olympics host cities in order, up to the 24th Beijing Winter Olympics ( The sixth 24 concept).
The Sixth 24 Concept
After the athletes' entrance, 24 ice skating dancers entered the arena and drew Chinese knots to represent the unity of mankind as we move forward into the future (the Seventh 24 Concept).
Seventh 24 Concept
The main torch is shaped as a snowflake made of six olive branches, within which are small snowflakes from each delegation, and the small snowflakes are designed by the Chinese knot from us. The edge of the overall large snowflake wreath consists of 12 olive leaves, 12 sets of wavy olive branches encircled with the opening ceremony at the beginning of the 24-season countdown echoed (the eighth 24 concept).
The Eighth 24 Concepts
The above eight concepts of the 24 solar terms were used throughout the ceremony, followed by a look at the traditional Chinese culture and I Ching philosophy embedded in the opening ceremony
First of all, the 24 solar terms are reflected in ancient poems, and in order to understand the inherent traditional cultural origins of these poems, one needs to understand the relationship between the I Ching and the calendar of our country. There are twelve message trigrams in the I Ching, each corresponding to a lunar month and two solar terms, as well as the Houtian Bagua diagram, which corresponds to three solar terms for each trigram