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What is the pinyin in midsummer?

The pinyin in midsummer is shèng xià.

Midsummer is a seasonal solar term, but it is actually midsummer. In ancient times, it was divided into Meng, Zhong and Ji. One of these three months is the hottest time in summer.

Xia, there are many nicknames. In Er Ya, China's earliest monograph on meaning, summer is called "Zhu Ming", "Chang Ying", "Jiuxia" and "Haotian". Amin poet Gao Panlong called summer a "long summer" in "Summer Idleness". This long summer refers to the early summer, midsummer and late summer in April, May and June of the lunar calendar.

Among the twenty-four solar terms formulated by Liu An, King of Huainan in Han Dynasty, there are six solar terms in summer: long summer, full summer, awn seed, summer solstice, light summer and great summer. Among them, long summer refers to the southeast, and Victoria refers to long summer. Since then, everything has grown up, hence the name Long Summer. On this day, the sun reached 45 degrees, and the ancients used it as the symbol of long summer.

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"Counting Nine Ballads" in Summer

Xia Jiujiu's songs were first seen in Lu Yong's Wu Jiazhi in the Song Dynasty, and were also selected in Du Fu's Ancient Ballad Slander in the Qing Dynasty. In other words, from the summer of solstice, "from September 19 to 29, fans will not leave their hands;" 3927, ice water is sweet; 4936, strive to stay in the street; In 5945, the treetops danced lightly; 6954, enjoy the cool and not enter the temple; 7963, sleeping at night looking for sheets; 8972, looking for a quilt in the middle of the night; 998 1, everyone is looking for cotton-padded clothes. "