What is the solar term in midsummer?

Slight summer heat is a festival that reflects the change of temperature. Usually on July 7 or 8 of the Gregorian calendar. "Summer heat" is heat, and "small" is the degree of heat. Slight heat refers to the hot summer, but it is not the hottest time yet. As the saying goes, "a little summer is not hot, it is dog days."

On a small summer day, the sun reached 105 degrees. At noon, measure the shadow of the sun with a standard measuring tool. The length of the shadow is 2 feet 4 inches, which is equivalent to 0.58 meters today. Compared with the solstice in summer, the days are getting shorter.

At night, observation shows that the perch of the Big Dipper points in an unknown direction, that is, southwest. This stage is usually in June of the lunar calendar, also known as the last month. "Twenty-four solar terms" said: "In the summer of June, the summer heat is also divided into two parts: the early part of the month and the middle part of the month. The heat today is still very small. " At this time, before and after the early summer, most parts of China have entered the hottest period of the year, and coping with summer heat is the main task of people at present.