Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Which solar term comes after the summer solstice and which solar term comes before the summer?

Which solar term comes after the summer solstice and which solar term comes before the summer?

1, the first solar term before the summer solstice is mango. Twenty-four solar terms: beginning of spring, rain, fright, vernal equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Changxia, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Xiaoshu, beginning of autumn, Chushu, Bailu, Autumn Equinox, Cold Dew, Chufrost, beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice, slight cold and severe cold.

2. Summer solstice: Around June 22nd, the sun directly hits the Tropic of Cancer, and "the sun arrives in the north, the days are long and the shadows are short", so it is called "summer solstice".

3. Slight summer heat: Around July 7th, the intense summer heat entered, which indicated that most parts of China entered the high temperature season.

4. Summer solstice was also called "Summer Festival" and "Summer solstice Festival" in ancient times. The ancients said: "The days are long, the shadows are short and extremely extreme, so it is called the summer solstice." When the sun moves to the longitude of the Yellow River at 90 degrees, it is the intersection of the summer solstice, usually on June 2 1-22 in the Gregorian calendar. On the solstice of summer, the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Cancer. At this time, the daytime in all parts of the northern hemisphere reaches the longest in the whole year, and the higher the latitude, the longer the daytime. For the Tropic of Cancer and its northern area, the summer solstice is also the highest day of the year at noon.

Summer solstice is not only one of the 24 solar terms, but also a festival in the ancient folk "four seasons and eight festivals". Since ancient times, there has been a custom of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors to the Japanese. "Heaven and earth are the foundation of life; Ancestors are the foundation of class. " Heaven and earth are the foundation of life, ancestors are the foundation of life, and ancestor worship is the custom of inheriting filial piety. In addition, there are folk customs such as "avoiding summer and hiding" and "clearing the field" from summer to Japanese.