What month is it in Xia Yue?

Xia Yue refers to the fifth month of the lunar calendar, that is, the fifth month of the year, that is, the midsummer month. Judging from the 24 solar terms, the fifth month of the lunar calendar has reached midsummer, so it is called "midsummer" and "midsummer". The most important festival is the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May. Another name is Evil Moon, Heaven, Petty Punishment, Robbery, Jianwu and Pujie.

Source: Han Shu Yanzhu Biography by Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty: "Yue Xia Xia Xia, accompanied by cholera in Europe; If you don't adjust your troops to meet the enemy, there will be countless casualties. " In the fifth month of the lunar calendar, it is the hot summer, and plagues such as vomiting and diarrhea and cholera continue one after another. Don't wait for the battle, there must be many casualties.

summer

Summers in the northern and southern hemispheres are different. In the north temperate zone, the meteorological summer is from May 2 1 (Xiaoman) to August 22 (midsummer); In the south temperate zone, the meteorological summer is165438+1October 2 1 (light snow in the northern hemisphere) to February 18 of the following year (rain in the northern hemisphere).

Summer is the second season of the year and one of the four seasons. In most areas, summer is a season of hot climate and possible water shortage. In addition, because most students in the northern hemisphere spend their summer holidays in summer, it is also a very prosperous tourist season.

In China, summer begins in long summer (May 5-7 every year) and ends in early autumn. Westerners generally say that the summer of solstice is divided into summer. In the southern hemisphere, 65438+February, 65438+ 10 and February are generally designated as summer. In the climatological sense, it is summer when the average temperature exceeds 22 degrees for five consecutive days, and autumn when the average temperature falls below 22 degrees for five consecutive days.