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The origin of solar terms in summer heat

The summer heat is the twelfth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar. At this time, the sun reaches the longitude of the yellow meridian 120 degrees.

"Tongwei Filial Piety Helps the Gods": "The fifteenth day of Xia Hou is not summer, but mid-June. The small ones and the big ones are extremely hot, and they are divided into sizes. It was small at first, and it became big after reading it. "

At this time, before and after the mid-autumn period, most parts of China are the hottest period in a year, and the growth rate of heat-loving crops is also the fastest. The working people of the Han nationality divide the summer heat into three periods: "One period is rotten grass like fireflies; Second, wait for the soil to moisten and cool off the heat; It will be fine when it rains. " There are more than 2000 species of fireflies in the world, which are divided into aquatic and terrestrial species. Terrestrial fireflies lay eggs on hay, and when it is hot, fireflies ovulate, so the ancients thought fireflies were made of rotten grass. The second weather is that the weather becomes sultry and the land is wet. The third kind of weather is frequent thunderstorm, which weakens the heat and humidity, and the weather begins to transition to beginning of autumn. Major Heat

Summer, mid-June. Solve the slight summer heat.

Rotten grass is a firefly. Dan Liang, Danbird, Night Light and Night Candle are all aliases of fireflies. From the extreme of Ming, subtle things will turn into Ming. Shi Mao said: Yao Xiao Yao Xing. The other, shaped like Mi Chong, also has a fire on its tail. If you don't talk about it, it won't be the same anymore.

The sound of the earth is dotted with heat. Wet, so it is wet due to steaming. Summer heat, commonly known as filth, is also hot.

When it rains heavily. I waited for the humid summer heat before, and the steam was depressed. Now it rains heavily to cool off the heat.