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Will tomorrow be a long summer?

May 5, 2022 is a long summer.

Long summer is the first solar term in summer among the 24 solar terms, which marks the official start of the season in Xia Meng. The solar term of long summer is when the sun reaches 45 degrees of the yellow meridian. The bucket refers to the southeast, and the dimension is long in summer. Everything has grown up to now, hence the name Long Summer, which is divided into three stages. "At first, crickets sang." Cricket No.1, also called toad, is a kind of frog. At this time, frogs began to sing in the fields and ponds for food. "Wait for the earthworm to come out", because the underground temperature continues to rise, the earthworm climbs from the underground to the ground to breathe fresh air. "Third-class king melon", also known as sweet potato, has begun to grow and mature. Qing Qianlong's "Xinzheng County Records" contains: "April melons are picked and sold, and they are said to be fresh when given to each other." From these three descriptions, we can see the summer scenery.

Long summer means the beginning of summer. Specifically, it is the day when the sun reaches 45 degrees of the yellow meridian in a year, which is long summer, because from this time on, the temperature began to rise slowly and entered a hot summer state.