二十四節氣–小暑 The 24 Solar Terms – Minor Heat / Cinyee Chiu

Brand：海裡魚 HelloFish

Size：20 * 11 cm

Pieces：65 pcs

Type : Wooden puzzles

Finish date：20210506

Artist : Cinyee Chiu

二十四節氣 24 Solar Terms

A personal project in 2014. 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 environmental 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.

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小暑

XiaoShu (Minor Heat) | The second hottest period; papaya.

• 溫風至：至，極也，即「溫熱之風，至此而極矣」。
• 蟋蟀居辟：《禮記》注曰：「（蟋蟀）生土中，此時羽翼稍成，居穴之壁，至七月則遠飛而在野矣。」
• 鷹始摯：原為「鷹乃學習」，《元史志》改為鷹始摯。摯，搏擊也。意即「鷙猛之鳥，始習於擊」。

蛇ｘ木瓜ｘ暖色ｘ西瓜

古云：「小暑一聲雷，翻轉倒黃梅」，指小暑時若打雷則表示往後半個月都會下雨，好像梅雨季又回來一樣。此時節天氣日漸炎熱，但還不到最熱的時候，是作物的成熟盛產期。設計圖面以在夏天活躍的蛇為代表，融入木瓜與木瓜子圖紋，象徵著夏季烈日炎炎天氣，有如蛇一樣讓人產生有點畏懼的情感。

The ancient saying goes, “A bolt of thunder in Slight Heat brings back the rainy season.” It means that the thunder during Slight Heat signifies rain for the next 15 days, which feels like the rainy season is back. The weather at this time is getting hotter each day, but it’s not the hottest time of the year. It is the solar term with the most precipitation of the year and the peak season for ripe crops.

The design uses snake, which is active during summer, as representation with the integration of papaya and papaya seed pattern to symbolize the scorching summer day weather and the same dreaded feeling of people towards snakes.

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越看越討喜的一隻，顏色配得好！蛇脖子處也是一顆木瓜

挑出一顆西瓜，被逗笑了

西瓜的設計挺有趣，拼片二正二反，展現西瓜的兩種樣貌。