four seasons and eight solar terms

four seasons and eight solar terms

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ì sh í B ā Ji é, which means all solar terms in a year. It comes from the book "a short song to the fourth brother" and "Yilin" in Volume I of "Sui Chao Zi".

Idiom explanation

Four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter; eight festivals: Spring equinox, summer solstice, autumn equinox, winter solstice.

The origin of Idioms

In Tang Dynasty, the first volume of general manager Ma's Yilin quoted the Sui chaozi: "ghosts and gods are the four seasons and eight festivals, and they educate people by discipline." The poem "a short song to my fourth brother" written by Du Fu in Tang Dynasty says: "women worship their younger brother, while men worship their younger brother."

Idiom usage

It refers to the season.