The moon rises late and the night wind begins to cool. A lake is silent and boundless. What do you mean?

It means: on autumn night, I walked alone by the lake. The moon rises slowly and the wind blows slightly. I feel a little cold. The autumn water in the lake is calm and deep, and it is quiet and desolate everywhere. Looking at the distance of the lake, it is boundless, boundless and fascinating.

Author: Liu Shuyong (Professor, School of Culture and Media, Central University of Finance and Economics), published in Millennium Maple Scar.

Original poem:

The moon rises late and the night wind begins to cool.

A lake of autumn water, boundless silence.

The temperature drops in summer.

It is not enough to describe the solar terms in summer simply by the beginning of temperature drop. Temperature drop is just one of the phenomena. The reasons behind this phenomenon are as follows: first, the direct point of the sun continues to move southward, and the solar radiation weakens; Second, the subtropical high moved southward by leaps and bounds, and the Mongolian cold high began to itch to try, punching and kicking, showing its edge.

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Summer custom activities

Travel to welcome autumn.

The folk customs around the summer solar terms are mostly related to ancestor worship and welcoming autumn. Around the summer vacation, there will be folk activities to celebrate the Central Plains, commonly known as "July 30" or "Central Plains Festival". In the old days, there was a ceremony to open the gate of hell from the beginning of July until the gate of hell closed at the end of the month, and Purdue giving activities were held.

It is said that Purdue activities started with the opening of the gate of hell, and then lanterns were erected and river lanterns were set off, causing lonely souls and wild ghosts; The main body is to build Pudu altar, build solitary shed, and intervene in robbing orphans. Finally, it ends with closing the gate of hell. Today, it has become the main activity time for ancestor worship. In addition, after summer, autumn is getting stronger, which is a good time for people to go swimming in the suburbs to meet autumn scenery.

After the heat, even the clouds in the sky seem to be evacuated and free, unlike the thick clouds in the 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".

Put on a river lantern.

River lanterns, also known as "lotus lanterns", usually put lights or candles on the base, and put them into rivers, lakes and seas during the Mid-Autumn Festival to let them float. River lanterns are for ghosts such as drowning in Purdue water.

A passage in Xiao Hong's Biography of Hulan River is the best footnote of this custom: "July 15th is Ghost Festival; You damn fool can't keep alive, and it's hard to wander in hell. They want to support themselves, but they can't find the direction. On this day, the dead fool holds the river lantern and has to support it for a lifetime. "

Fishing festival

For coastal fishermen, the summer heat is the harvest season. 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. The 9th China Fishing Festival was held in Xiangshan County, Zhejiang Province on September 6th, 2006.

Because; At this time, the water temperature in the sea area is still high, and the fish will still stay around the sea area, and the fish, shrimp and shellfish are mature. Therefore, from this time on, people can often enjoy all kinds of seafood.

Water splashing custom

In Japan, the custom of splashing water to cool down was organized all over Japan during the month from the great summer heat to the hot summer heat.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Chu Shu