Introduction to the meaning of summer solstice solar terms

Introduction: After the end of the ear broadcast, it can be said that all parts of the country have entered summer one after another. At this time, the temperature difference between the north and the south is further narrowing, and we are about to usher in the hottest time of the year. From the perspective of solar terms, the summer solstice will come one after another after the ear of grain is planted. Just do you know the meaning of summer solar terms? Let's introduce the summer solstice solar terms in detail.

The summer solstice solar term means the longest day of the year. Summer solstice is one of the earliest solar terms among the 24 solar terms. Every year on June 2 1 or 22 of Gregorian calendar, when the sun reaches 90 degrees of the yellow meridian, it is the summer solstice. "Solstice" means "extreme", and the summer solstice is also called "the day is very long". After the summer solstice, the direct point of the sun gradually moves southward, and the days in the northern hemisphere will be shorter and the nights will be longer.

The origin of summer solstice solar terms

Summer solstice was also called "Summer Festival" and "Summer solstice Festival" in ancient times. In the ancient summer solstice, people prayed for disaster and prosperity by offering sacrifices to God. "Zhou Li Chun Guan" contains: "With the arrival of summer, local things." Sacrificing to God in the summer solstice of the Zhou Dynasty means eliminating plague, famine and death from hunger. Historical Records records: "On the solstice of summer, people worship the land with music and dance." As an ancient festival, the summer solstice began in the Song Dynasty, and officials have a three-day holiday. In Liao Dynasty, the solstice in summer was called "Tide Festival", and women entered colorful fans and displayed their heritage with powder and fat capsules.

Characteristics of summer solstice

Although the summer solstice has the longest day and the highest sun angle, it is not the hottest time of the year. Because, close to the surface of the heat, at this time still continue to save, did not reach the maximum time. As the saying goes, "it's hot in dog days", but the real hot weather is calculated according to the summer solstice and autumn. From mid-July to mid-August, the temperature is the highest in all parts of China, and the highest temperature in some areas can reach about 40 degrees.

"However, the summer solstice is not hot." "The summer solstice is three years old." Although the summer solstice shows that the hot summer has arrived, it is not the hottest time yet. After the summer solstice, the temperature will continue to rise for some time, which will be the hottest weather in about twenty or thirty days. After the summer solstice, the ground is heated strongly and the air convection is strong, and thunderstorms are often easy to form in the afternoon to evening. This kind of hot thunderstorm comes and goes, and the rainfall range is small. People call it "summer rain over the ridge". In the south, Liu Yuxi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, skillfully took advantage of this weather and wrote a famous poem about the sunrise in the east and the rain in the west, saying that there is no sunny day, only sunny day.

What's the difference between solstice summer and long summer?

Long summer is the seventh solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, and it is also the first solar term in summer, marking the official start of the midsummer season. When the sun reaches 45 degrees of the yellow meridian, it is a long summer solar term. The bucket refers to the southeast, and the dimension is long summer. Everything has grown to this day, hence the name Long Summer.

The summer solstice is one of 24 solar terms, which falls on June 20th every year, that is, 2 1, that is, the 22nd day of the Gregorian calendar. On the day of summer solstice, the sun moves to 90 degrees of the yellow meridian (summer solstice, currently in Gemini), and the position where the sun points directly at the ground reaches the northernmost point of the year, almost directly reaching the tropic of Capricorn. At this time, the daylight hours in all parts of the northern hemisphere reach the longest in the whole year.

Folk custom of summer solstice solar terms

Solstice is the earliest festival in China. Before the Qing dynasty, the solstice in summer was a national holiday. I went home to reunite with my relatives and drink. "Book of Rites" also recorded the obvious phenomenon of solar terms in the summer solstice in nature: "When the summer solstice comes, the antlers are untied, cicadas begin to sing, Pinellia ternata is born, and hibiscus is brilliant." It shows that the antlers can be cut at this time, cicadas begin to sing, and Pinellia ternata and hibiscus gradually flourish and bloom. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the summer solstice is the season with the highest yang. Health care should conform to the characteristics of abundant yang in summer, pay attention to protecting yang, and focus on a "long" word.

Since ancient times, there has been a folk proverb in China, that is, "In winter, you can eat until the sun shines in jiaozi". Eating noodles from summer solstice is an important custom in many areas. There is a folk proverb that "eating noodles from summer solstice will shorten the day". There are many kinds of noodles in the south, such as Yangchun noodles, dry soup noodles, shredded pork noodles, three fresh noodles, sesame oil noodles and cold noodles, while there are noodles with gravy and Zhajiang Noodles in the north. "Because new wheat has emerged from summer solstice, eating noodles from summer solstice also means tasting new things."

In summer solstice, in addition to pasta, some places in China eat bean jelly and bean jelly, some areas drink herbal tea, eat litchi and tea eggs, and some places have the habit of eating dog meat.