The 24 Solar Terms: Mythology, Folkways, and Poetry of the Chinese Nature Almanac

Learn everything there is to know about the 24 solar terms and the lessons this ancient calendar offers us today.

China's lunar calendar or the animals of the twelve-year cycle are fairly well-known in West. Less understood is the major calendar system of the 24 solar terms. Because the calendar is so closely interwoven with the seasons, festivals, folkways, literature, and mythology of China, it serves as a central spoke in a great wheel of cultural knowledge. Getting to know the events and...