Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - The origin and custom of intense heat

The origin and custom of intense heat

The "location" of the summer heat means the end, and the "summer heat" means the hot weather, which means that the summer heat is coming to an end. In summer, there are some folk customs, such as eating ducks, setting off river lanterns, holding fishing festivals, making herbal tea and offering sacrifices to the land. The summer time is on August 22-24 of the Gregorian calendar every year, and the summer solar term is in the autumn tiger period, and the weather is still sultry.

The origin and custom of intense heat

Summer is the fourteenth of the twenty-four solar terms, and the word "out" in summer means termination. Summer heat means that the weather is hot, so it means that the summer heat is coming to an end. Summer is "summer", because summer is a solar term that reflects the temperature change.

There are many folk customs in our country, such as worshipping ancestors to welcome autumn, eating ducks, setting off river lanterns, opening fishing festivals, worshiping the land gods and splashing water on revelry. Among them, ancestor worship is because the summer solar terms are around the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there will be ancestor worship activities at this time; Eat ducks because mid-July is the fattest time for ducks.

Weather characteristics of high temperature in summer

Many people think that the arrival of the hot summer means that the weather is getting cold, but it is not. The hot summer means that the unbearable days of hot summer are coming to an end, during which the weather is still hot, but it will show a downward trend. The main reason is that summer is in the autumn tiger period, and autumn tiger is also a sultry short-term regenerative weather.