2021年有关四季的诗二十四节气.docx

有关四季的诗二十四节气

　　科学家不发明任何东西，而是揭示自然界中现成的隐藏着的真实，艺术家发明真实的类似物。
　　——冈察洛夫
　　作者Cinyee Chiu，来自台湾，现居费城的自由插画师。
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　　24 Solar Terms
　　A personal project in 2021. I designed and illustrated animals for the traditional East Asian 24 solar terms.
　　For each term, I merged the featured vegetable or fruit, or the special environmetal changes of that weather into the animal.
　　Not all the terms has a related animal, and usually several terms share the same vegetables. I tried to select and arrange them for better design and visual diversity.
　　春/Spring
　　立春 LiChun (Start of Spring) | Lake ice starting to melt, fishes approach to the YuShui (Rain Water) | Rains a lot, Otters hunts JingZhe (Awakening of Insects) | Thunderstorms wake up the hibernating ChunFen (Vernal Equinox) | Swallows making thier northward migration, day time is as long as night QingMing (Clear and Bright) | The paulownia begins to bloom, Rainbows begin to appear.
　　穀雨 GuYu (Grain Rain) | Time to plant ginger, Peony blooms.
　　夏/Summer
　　立夏 Lixia (Start of Summer) | Asparagus; peach.
　　小滿 XiaoMan (Grain Full) | Grain rice gradually turn plump; litchi.
　　芒種 MangZhong (Grain in Ear) | Grains such as barley or wheat covered with spikes.
　　夏至 XiaZhi (Summer Solstice) | Summer's extreme, longest day time; watermelon.
　　小暑 XiaoShu (Minor Heat) | The second hottest per