Completion time in 2023

The long summer time in 2023 is 2 o'clock on May 6th, 18 minutes and 34 seconds.

Long summer is the seventh solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the first solar term in summer. This festival is held from May 5 to 7 of the Gregorian calendar every year. At this time, the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the southeast, and the longitude of the sun reaches 45. Almanac: "Dou refers to the southeast, Wei is the long summer, and everything has grown up since then, so it is named long summer."

After the long summer, the sunshine increased and gradually warmed up, and the thunderstorm weather increased. Long summer is an important solar term, marking the peak season for the growth of all things. In the long summer, everything is thriving. Chang Xia said that bidding farewell to spring is the beginning of summer, so it is also called "spring all day" Born in spring, grown in summer, harvested in autumn and stored in winter.

Because China has a vast territory and a large span from north to south, the natural rhythms vary from place to place. In the long summer, only the area south of Nanling Mountain in China presents a summer scene of "dark green trees, long summer days, balcony reflections into the pond". And parts of the northeast and northwest just have the breath of spring at this time.

Changxia folk custom

1, Summer Welcome Ceremony

The word "summer" in "long summer" means "big", which means that plants sown in spring have grown upright. The twenty-four solar terms reflect the change of "Qi" in the four seasons, and the change of Qi is related to the change of natural rhythm. In the long summer, the yang is getting longer and longer, and everything grows sturdily with the rise of the yang. In ancient times, people attached great importance to the customs and habits of long summer. On the day of long summer, ancient people held ceremonies to welcome summer.

2. The game of beating eggs

"Eggs are thrown all over the street in the long summer", and breaking eggs is usually a children's game. Boiled eggs are usually boiled with white water (the shell can't be damaged), soaked in cold water, and then put in a net bag woven with colored silk thread or wool, so that children can hang it around their necks. The rules for breaking eggs are simple. To put it bluntly, it means "see whose eggshell is hard."

The long summer is overwhelming.

There is a custom of weighing people after lunch in the long summer. People hang a big wooden scale at the entrance of the village or platform, and a stool is hung on the scale hook. Everyone takes turns sitting on the stool and weighing people. When weighing flowers, the weigher said auspicious words. People who weigh in the long summer will bring good luck to Adou, and people also pray to God to bring them good luck.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Changxia.