says Professor Wu Ming-chin of the National Taiwan University Atmospheric Sciences Institute. The Solar Terms are a form of phenology--for every geographical region there will be a different manifestation. To use one set of Solar Terms throughout the whole of China is not feasible.
台大大氣科學研究所教授吳明進說，節氣是一種「物候學」，一個地區一個樣貌，要想一套節氣行遍中國，並不可行。