Summer solar term poems

Leisure Land Tourism in Song Dynasty

The four seasons are gratifying, and the new autumn is the best. Chai Men is near wild water, and its neighbors are in a leisurely period.

Summer is coming, and the weather is getting colder and colder. Without the heat of summer, everything seems to slow down, slow down. Autumn rain, without the charm and gentleness of spring rain and the hearty summer rain, has its unique elegance and gentleness. Being in the heat takes away the summer heat and brings new coolness. Everyone longs for the coolness of this autumn.

Data expansion:

introduce

Long summer is the 14th solar term among the 24 solar terms, and autumn is the second solar term. Dou Zhiwu (Southwest); The solar meridian reaches150; August 22-24 of the Gregorian calendar every year. Summer has arrived, which is the "last summer" in the "three summers" of hot and hot weather, which means that the hot and difficult weather is coming to an end.

After the summer heat, the direct point of the sun continued to move southward, the solar radiation weakened, the subtropical high retreated southward, and the summer heat gradually disappeared. Thunderstorm activity is not as active as summer, and the general trend of rainstorm in all parts of the country is weakened. There are many folk activities in summer, such as eating ducks, setting off river lanterns, opening fishing festivals, decocting medicinal tea and offering sacrifices to the land.

Astronomical calendar

In summer, the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points southwest (E position). When the sun reaches longitude 150, the node time is around August 23rd in Gregorian calendar. In summer, the direct point of the sun has moved from 23 26' north latitude to1128' north latitude.

At this time, if you watch the Big Dipper at night, you will find that the curved bucket handle still points southwest. The arrival of the hot summer also means entering the second half of the dry calendar.

rural activity

In summer, most parts of southern China are in the busy season of harvesting mid-season rice. Generally, during the summer solar term, the sunshine in South China is still abundant. Except for the western part of South China, there are not many rainy days, which is beneficial to mid-season rice cutting cotton and spitting.

During the summer season, fruits and crops in most areas of China gradually entered the mature stage, and farmers stepped up their picking, seized the farming season, and carried out field management such as rice fertilization and weeding.

The valley turns yellow in summer, so be careful of the strong wind. After summer, the temperature difference between day and night increases. Because the night is cold and the day is warm, the nutrients absorbed by the crops during the day are stored at night, so the crops mature quickly. It is clear that the crops will be harvested soon after the summer solar term, because the fields will be changed overnight in summer, and there will be no valley for three days in summer. The rice will be pregnant in summer, and the rice will be full in summer, and everyone will repair the warehouse.