What does the summer solar term mean?

Summer is the eleventh of the twenty-four solar terms, at the end of the afternoon and the beginning of the month. The sun reaches longitude 105 degrees, and the festival is held on July 6-8 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

Summer means hot, a little hot, not very hot. Although light summer is not the hottest season in a year, it is followed by the hottest solar term in a year. There is a folk saying that "it is hot in summer and hot in summer, and it is steamed and cooked". Many places in China have entered the season with the most thunderstorms since summer.

Phenological phenomenon of slight summer heat

The third phase of the summer heat is: "When the wind is warm; Second, wait for crickets to live in space; The third waiting eagle began to crow. " In summer, there is no cool wind on the earth, and all the winds carry heat waves; The Book of Songs? In July, the words to describe crickets are "July is in the wild, August is in the house, September is in the house, and October crickets enter my bed."

August mentioned in this paper is June in the summer calendar, which is a short time in summer. Because of the heat, crickets leave the field and go to the corner of the yard to escape the heat. In this solar term, the eagle is in the cool high air movement, because the ground temperature is too high.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Short Book