China's '24 solar terms' looks to be added on heritage list
China's "24 solar terms" received attention at the 11th session of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritages that opened in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.
China's "24 solar terms" is a knowledge system and social practice formed through observation of the sun's annual motion, and cognition of the whole year's changes of season, climate and phenology.(File photo)
