Cultural Structure of Solar Terms and Traditional Festivals

Solar terms and festivals differ from and relate to each other in terms of application scope and cultural structure.The cultural association and application of the 24 Solar Terms are studied in the areas including philosophy,farming and society,and are exhibited in the natural convergence of views o...

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Main Author: Tao Siyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editorial Department of Contemporary Social Sciences 2018-09-01
Series:Contemporary Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://css.researchcommons.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1155&context=journal
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description Solar terms and festivals differ from and relate to each other in terms of application scope and cultural structure.The cultural association and application of the 24 Solar Terms are studied in the areas including philosophy,farming and society,and are exhibited in the natural convergence of views on space and time,life and customs,as well as the facilitation of agricultural practice.The connotations of traditional Chinese festivals concern basic areas such as beliefs,rites,language,symbols,diets and art,which are exhibited in the co-existent "festival tokens," "festival events," "festival messages," "festival symbols," "festival food" and "festival art forms." Festivals feature fixed and periodic occurrence and multi-channel cultural inheritance.
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spelling doaj.art-a5ca6c0b581848d2b92fe87e1b912a252023-03-23T10:31:49ZengEditorial Department of Contemporary Social SciencesContemporary Social Sciences2096-02122018-09-0110.19873/j.cnki.2096-0212.2018.05.011Cultural Structure of Solar Terms and Traditional FestivalsTao Siyan0the Southeast UniversitySolar terms and festivals differ from and relate to each other in terms of application scope and cultural structure.The cultural association and application of the 24 Solar Terms are studied in the areas including philosophy,farming and society,and are exhibited in the natural convergence of views on space and time,life and customs,as well as the facilitation of agricultural practice.The connotations of traditional Chinese festivals concern basic areas such as beliefs,rites,language,symbols,diets and art,which are exhibited in the co-existent "festival tokens," "festival events," "festival messages," "festival symbols," "festival food" and "festival art forms." Festivals feature fixed and periodic occurrence and multi-channel cultural inheritance. https://css.researchcommons.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1155&context=journalsolar termtraditional festivalconnotative spaceapplication areacultural structure
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Cultural Structure of Solar Terms and Traditional Festivals
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solar term
traditional festival
connotative space
application area
cultural structure
title Cultural Structure of Solar Terms and Traditional Festivals
title_full Cultural Structure of Solar Terms and Traditional Festivals
title_fullStr Cultural Structure of Solar Terms and Traditional Festivals
title_full_unstemmed Cultural Structure of Solar Terms and Traditional Festivals
title_short Cultural Structure of Solar Terms and Traditional Festivals
title_sort cultural structure of solar terms and traditional festivals
topic solar term
traditional festival
connotative space
application area
cultural structure
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