What does summer solstice mean?

Summer solstice means "summer" and solstice means "extreme", so summer solstice means the longest day in summer.

It is the summer solstice when the sun moves to 90 degrees of the yellow meridian, which is the 10 solar term in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar and the fourth solar term in summer. The summer solstice refers to the time when the sun reaches the residents in the northern hemisphere. For residents in the southern hemisphere, it refers to the time when the sun reaches the winter solstice, which is the longest day and the shortest night in the northern hemisphere.

What are the characteristics of summer solstice?

For farmers, the summer solstice is a solar term that looks forward to and fears rain. During the summer solstice, the temperature is high and the sunshine is abundant in most parts of China. The crops grow rapidly and need a lot of water. There is a saying that "raindrops from the summer solstice are worth thousands of dollars." But at this time, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Jianghuai Valley are rainy, which is prone to heavy rain, causing floods and even threatening people's lives and property.

The summer solstice is not only one of the 24 solar terms, but also a festival in the ancient "four seasons and eight festivals". Since ancient times, there has been a custom of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors to the Japanese. Nowadays, in the custom of summer solstice, what we can't miss the most is "eating noodles", and there is a saying that "noodles from winter solstice to summer solstice in jiaozi". On the solstice of summer, new wheat ripens and is harvested. Eating noodles at this time also means tasting new things.