On June 21, 2022, the question in Alipay’s Ant Manor Small Classroom was about the twenty-four solar terms. The question was “Guess what the ancients relied on to determine the twenty-four solar terms in the first place?” This is of course the Big Dipper, below. Let me share with

On June 21, 2022, the question in Alipay's Ant Manor Small Classroom was about the twenty-four solar terms. The question was "Guess what the ancients relied on to determine the twenty-four solar terms in the first place?" This is naturally Big Dipper , let’s share with you the latest answers to Ant Manor.

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Guess what the ancients relied on to determine the twenty-four solar terms in the first place. Ant Manor’s latest answer on June 21

Today’s question: Summer Solstice is here , guess what the ancients originally relied on to determine the twenty-four solar terms?

A, the handle of the Big Dipper pointing to

B, the position of the sun setting

The correct answer: the handle of the Big Dipper pointing to

The twenty-four solar terms were originally based on the "double" of the Big Dipper. The Big Dipper will point in different directions in different seasons, which becomes the basis for early judgment of seasonal and solar term changes. Therefore, in ancient times, there was a folk proverb that "pointing the handle of the bucket to the east means spring will happen all over the world; pointing the handle of the bucket to the south means summer will happen all over the world."