Which solar term means that the hot summer is coming to an end?

Summer means that the hot summer is over.

Summer is the fourteenth of the twenty-four solar terms, and autumn is the second. Dou Zhiwu (Southwest); The solar meridian reaches150; August 22-24 of the Gregorian calendar every year. Being in the heat is "out of the heat", that is, out of the heat. In summer, the direct point of the sun continues to move southward, the solar radiation is weakened, the subtropical high is also withdrawn southward, and the summer heat gradually disappears.

In ancient times, the summer heat was divided into three stages: "The eagle is a sacrificial bird; Second, wait for the beginning of heaven and earth; Three Hou Wonaideng. " In this solar term, eagles began to prey on birds in large numbers; Everything between heaven and earth began to wither; "Henaideng" refers to millet, millet, rice and sorghum crops, and "Deng" means maturity.

The custom of summer.

1. River lantern: River lantern is also called "lotus lantern". Generally put lights or candles on the base, and put them in rivers, lakes and seas during the Mid-Autumn Festival to let them float.

2. Going out to welcome autumn: After summer, autumn is getting stronger, which is a good time for people to go swimming in the suburbs to welcome autumn scenery. Even the clouds in the sky seem to have been evacuated and freed when the summer heat passed, unlike the thick clouds in the summer heat. There has always been a saying among the people that "seeing a clever cloud in July and August" means "going out to welcome autumn".

3. Fishing Festival: For coastal fishermen, it is the fishing harvest season after the hot summer. During the summer vacation every year, the annual grand fishing festival will be held in the coastal areas of Zhejiang. It was decided to hold a grand fishing ceremony on the day of the fishing moratorium in the East China Sea to see the fishermen off to sea.