Working with the 24 solar terms

Each term is the sun moving 15° along the ecliptic. Talk about what people notice--longer daylight, warmer evenings, vegetables at the market--so the idea becomes tangible even if they’ve never studied astronomy.

Use spring terms for fresh starts, summer for community events, autumn for decluttering, winter for reflection. Calling out simple actions--"Grain Rain is hydration week", "Autumn Equinox is team gratitude day"--makes the huangli useful for families and teams alike.

One term can mean tending ancestral graves in one region and flying kites in another. Share where your stories come from, invite friends to add theirs, and let the calendar feel like a community scrapbook.