Introduction to the twenty-four solar terms pillars: "Spring rain shocks the clear valley sky in spring, and summer is full of awns and connected with summer heat. Autumn is exposed, autumn is cold and frost falls, and winter is snowy and winter is cold." There are 12 pillars on both sides of the folk square, 6.6 meters high. The sculpture is square in shape and divided into three sections, implying the traditional Chinese cultural idea of ​​the harmonious unity of "heaven, earth, and man." The upper part is "Heaven", engraved with cloud patterns, sun and moon, which means good weather and good weather. The middle part is the core part. There are the names of the solar terms in seal script on the front and back sides. There are flowers corresponding to the solar terms carved on one side. The solar terms songs carved on the side explain the meaning of the solar terms in a simple and clear way. The other side is engraved with golden explanations of solar terms, expressing the content of solar terms to the viewer in detail; and the wheat ear pattern running through the top and bottom injects the connection between farming and solar terms into it. The bottom is "earth" and is engraved with landscape patterns, which means abundant grain and nourishment of all things. The sculpture is engraved with the content of the twenty-four solar terms combined with traditional Chinese medicine and health care, which reflects the Chinese nation's thinking about nature and human beings themselves, as well as the harmonious coexistence between man and nature in compliance with the four seasons and the unity of nature and man.

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