the twenty-four solar terms

During the Edo Period ( 1603-1867), Japan began to adopt the Twenty-four Solar Terms, which have been used till now.

日本在江户时代（1603～1867）开始采用，并传至今日。

The Twenty-four Solar Terms come to being and develop in close relationship with Chinese agricultural production.

二十四节气的形成和发展与中国农业生产的发展紧密相连。

Astronomically, the Twenty-four Solar Terms are defined according to the position of the sun on the ecliptic.

二十四节气在天文学上是以视太阳在黄道上的位置来确定的。

The twenty-four solar terms is the supplementary calendar to guide farm work in ancient China, and was formed in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

二十四节气是中国古代订立的一种用来指导农事的补充历法，是在春秋战国时期形成的。

The approximate calculation of the sun's longitude and the time of the twenty-four solar terms together with newcomb's tables of the sun

太阳黄经和节气时间的近似推算与Newcomb太阳表

Later, the Twenty-four Solar Terms were introduced into North Korea, Japan and other neighboring countries.

二十四节气后传入朝鲜、日本等邻国。

We analyse the cause of it here and give the method and approximate formulas about the calculation of the twenty-four solar terms.

我们对此作了分析，同时介绍了计算二十四节气的方法并给出了近似计算公式。