24 SOLAR TERM

A Dong Son drum - A philosophy about univer (also called Heger Type I drum) is a bronze drum created by the Dong Son culture in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. The drums were produced from about 600 BCE or earlier until the third century CE

The 24 Solar Terms was created by Baiyue civilization, it's used to guide the agricultural affairs and farming activities. Based on the sun's position in the zodiac, the 24 solar terms adopts the cycle of the earth's revolution around the sun, which basically summarizes the different positions of the sun on the ecliptic at different times of the year, the exact time of four seasons, the occurrence rules of natural phenomena like rainfall and snowfall, and the time of some phenological phenomena in nature. The 24 solar terms are determined according to the positions of the earth in the ecliptic (i.e. the earth's orbit around the sun) and each corresponds to a certain position of the sun every time it moves 15 degrees on the ecliptic. All symboy of the 24 solar terms can be found on Dong Son drum in Vietnam.

As an outcome of numerous special features regarding climate condition and terrain, the original economy taken by the Han Chinese was a nomad, while the Baiyue (ancient Vietnamese) adopted wet rice agriculture and hence used the Moon as their sign to control the movement of water.

A Dong Son drum - A philosophy about univer (also called Heger Type I drum) is a bronze drum created by the Dong Son culture in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. The drums were produced from about 600 BCE or earlier until the third century CE

A Dong Son drum - A philosophy about univer (also called Heger Type I drum) is a bronze drum created by the Dong Son culture in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. The drums were produced from about 600 BCE or earlier until the third century CE