The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has inscribed China's "The Twenty-Four Solar Terms" on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

　　联合国教科文组织将中国的“二十四节气”列入联合国教科文组织人类非物质文化遗产代表作名录。

　　“二十四节气”是中国人通过观察太阳周年运动,认知一年中时令、气候、物候等方面变化规律所形成的知识体系和社会实践。

　　China's '24 solar terms' is a knowledge system and social practice formed through observations of the sun's annual motion, and cognition of the year's changes in season, climate and phenology.

　　中国古人将太阳周年运动轨迹划分为24等份，每一等份为一个“节气”,统称“二十四节气”。具体包括：立春、雨水、惊蛰、春分、清明、谷雨、立夏、小满、芒种、夏至、小暑、大暑、立秋、处暑、白露、秋分、寒露、霜降、立冬、小雪、大雪、冬至、小寒、大寒。

　　The 24 terms include Start of Spring, Rain Water, Awakening of Insects, Spring Equinox, Qingming Festival, Grain Rain, Start of Summer, Grain Buds, Grain in Ear, Summer Solstice, Minor Heat, Major Heat, Start of Autumn, End of Heat, White Dew, Autumn Equinox, Cold Dew, Frost's Descent, Start of Winter, Minor Snow, Major Snow, Winter Solstice, Minor Cold and Major Cold.

　　“二十四节气”指导着传统农业生产和日常生活,是中国传统历法体系及其相关实践活动的重要组成部分。在国际气象界,这一时间认知体系被誉为“中国的第五大发明”。

　　China's 24 Solar Terms is a calendar of twenty-four periods and climate to govern agricultural arrangements in ancient China and functions even now.

　　立春：Start of Spring

　　雨水：Rain Water

　　惊蛰：Awakening of Insects

　　春分：Spring Equinox

　　清明：Qingming Festival

　　谷雨：Grain Rain

　　立夏：Start of Summer

　　小满：Grain Buds

　　芒种：Grain in Ear

　　夏至：Summer Solstice

　　小暑：Minor Heat

　　大暑：Major Heat

　　立秋：Start of Autumn

　　处暑：End of Heat

　　白露：White Dew

　　秋分：Autumn Equinox

　　寒露：Cold Dew

　　霜降：Frost's Descent

　　立冬：Start of Winter

　　小雪：Minor Snow

　　大雪：Major Snow

　　冬至：Winter Solstice

　　小寒：Minor Cold

　　大寒：Major Cold