内容正文:
The 24 solar terms is a knowledge system and social practice formed through 1.________(observe)of the sun’s annual motion, and cognition of the year’s change in season, climate and phenology(生物气候学).
It 2.________(add) to the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s world intangible cultural heritage list in 2016.
The Start of Winter 3.________(signal)the start of winter was valued a lot by Chinese. 4.________ the proverb goes, “harvesting in autumn and storing harvests in winter.”
In ancient China, winter was a time 5.________ people got rest and prepared for a better crop harvest in the coming year. Meanwhile, ancient Chinese owed the harvest to the gods’ blessing.
So, they would hold feasts, 6. ________ (sincere) worship the gods, and pray for the fortune of next year. Besides, they themselves would drink and rest after a year of diligent work.
We also had 7.________ custom of eating dumplings. A legend has it that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, people in Henan suffered from a typhoid epidemic(风寒), and their ears were badly frostbitten.“Medical Saint”, Zhang Zhongjing saved them with a kind of ear-shaped food, with several ingredients wrapped into a dough skin. That is 8.________ we call dumplings today.
“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” If we compare spring 9.________ hope and opportunity, the winter is the best time to prepare. So we had better get everything ready in the winter 10.________(meet)the arrival of spring and a better tomorrow!
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2. was added
3. signaling
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6. sincerely
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“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is time for home.”
——Edith Sitwell
冬天是舒适的时候,是享用美食和温暖的时候,是亲切触摸的时候,是在火堆旁交谈的时候:是回家的时候。
——伊迪丝-西特维尔
立冬是冬季的第一个节气,也是中国传统二十四节气(the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms)中的第十九个节气。立,是“建立、开始”的意思;冬有“终了”的意思。所以,立冬至,则冬日始,秋收作物要储藏起来了。
立冬的英语表达很简单,即Start of Wint