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从短文后所给的五个选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳迄项,使短文通顺、连贯,意思完整 Our grandparents seem to have magic powers sometimes. Give...
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从短文后所给的五个选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳迄项,使短文通顺、连贯,意思完整
Our grandparents seem to have magic powers sometimes. Give them a Chinese lunar calendar, and they will know what weather will be like days or even months later.
1. They are following the 24 Solar Terms(节气), which is an important part of Chinese culture. And on Nov. 30th, 2016, the United Nations (UN)added it to the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity(人类非物质文化遗产).
The 24 Solar terms came into being during the Qin (211-206BC) and Han (206BC-AD220) dynasties. 2. So, weather changes were important. But of course, they had no satellite, Internet or weather broadcast to help them.
3. They studied the sun’s movement with a sundial(日冕仪).They also paid attention to other natural changes such as temperature, water and crops growth. In the end, they worked out the 24 Solar terms to mark the changes.
4. For example, the solar terms jingzhe(惊蛰)is when insects wake up from a long sleep in the cold winter. Farmers take it as a sign of warm weather and get busy working.
The 24 Solar Terms is honored as China’s fifth great invention, after papennaking, printing, the compass and gunpowder.5. For example, people will say, “Do not show your feet after Hanlu(寒露).” Why? It’s because the solar term “Hanlu” marks the coming of the cold days.
A.Now, people still use the solar terms in daily life,
B.But people found a way.
C.The terms became their guide to farming work.
D.What’s the secret?
E.At the time, most Chinese people made their living on farms.
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