The Twenty-Four Solar Terms · 2026 丙午年 · 更新 2026-10-18
节气是中国人写给时间的一封信：把一年切成二十四段，每一段都有它的名字、它的物候、它的活法。三千年前它指导农事，今天它仍在提醒你——冷的时候穿厚一点，湿的时候清淡一点，早睡一点，天亮再起。
The solar terms are a letter the Chinese wrote to time: the year cut into twenty-four pieces, each with its own name, its own natural signs, its own way of living. They guided farming three thousand years ago; today they still remind you to dress warm when it is cold, eat light when it is damp, sleep early, and rise with the light.
节气按太阳在黄道上的位置划分，属阳历成分。春分、秋分昼夜等长，夏至白昼最长，冬至最短——这是可以算出来的。
The terms divide the year by the sun's position on the ecliptic — an astronomical measure. Equinoxes balance day and night; the solstices are the year's longest and shortest days.
每个节气配「三候」，记录草木虫鸟的变化：东风解冻、鸿雁北归、菊有黄华。这是中国人最早的物候观测记录。
Each term carries three "hou" marking the visible changes in plants, insects and birds — a very early systematic record of phenology.
节气最终落到一日三餐与穿衣冷暖上：什么时候吃青团、什么时候晒伏、什么时候早点回家。这也是中医「因时制宜」的日常表达。
Ultimately the terms land in daily life — what to eat, what to wear, when to go home early: everyday expressions of the TCM principle of adapting to the time.
中医从不把身体与季节分开看。《黄帝内经》讲「四气调神」，讲的就是一年四季各有各的活法。所以我们把节气放进这座免费的中医知识站里——不是因为节气能治病，而是因为它是中医理解「人与天地相应」最日常的入口。学中医，先学会跟着节气过日子。
TCM never separates the body from the season. The classical text's "regulating the spirit through the four qi" is about living differently in each season. The solar terms are here not because they cure anything, but because they are the most everyday doorway into the idea that a person corresponds with heaven and earth.