Chinese weather periods The only time I have traveled to Beijing a taxi driver told me I had come at the worst and hottest time of year. He explained to me that the year was divided up in periods of roughly 16 days and the period I had come at was the hottest (a fact I wasn't going to disagree with considering the temperature outside the taxi).

What are the Chinese names and a brief description of these periods?

In researching to find this answer I came across this blog post which is in English and describes 24 periods in a year but it doesn't include the Chinese characters for each of the periods.

Can someone please provide further detail to the blog post and provide the Chinese names (characters) of each of the periods.
立春 Lìchūn "Beginning of spring"
雨水 Yǔshuǐ "Rain Water"
惊蛰 Jīngzhé "Awakening of insects"
春分 Chūnfēn "Mid spring"
清明 Qīngmíng "Clear and bright"
谷雨 Gǔyǔ "Rain for the grains"
立夏 Lìxià "Beginning of summer"
小满 Xiǎomǎn "Partially filled grains"
芒种 Mángzhòng "seed sowing"
夏至 Xiàzhì "Summer Solstice"
小暑 Xiǎoshǔ "Slight Heat"
大暑 Dàshǔ "Great Heat"
立秋 Lìqiū "Beginning of autumn"
处暑 Chǔshǔ "End of heat"
白露 Báilù "White dew"
秋分 Qiūfēn "Autumn Equinox"
寒露 Hánlù "Cold dew"
霜降 Shuāngjiàng "Frost descends"
立冬 Lìdōng "Beginning of winter"
小雪 Xiǎoxuě "Slight snow"
大雪 Dàxuě "Big snow"
冬至 Dōngzhì "Winter solstice"
小寒 Xiǎohán "Slight cold"
大寒 Dàhán "Extreme cold"


What you have mentioned in your question, the hottest period, I think it is 大暑, end of July, the hottest time in Northern hemisphere.