What are the dog days? How did the ancients spend the dog days?

? The dog days are called the hottest time of the year. They usually appear between the summer heat and beginning of autumn, which is the second solar term of 14. This season is very hot and people are the hardest. After the dog days, they feel that they have ushered in a warm and cool spring.

Compared with ancient times, the dog days are determined according to the ancient method of recording the sun, which is also commonly known as the method of recording the sun. The word "fu" in the dog days probably means that it is very hot, and people don't like going out to exercise, but prefer to lie at home.

For us with advanced modern science and technology, on dog days, we all like to blow air conditioners in the house, eat iced watermelons and watch plays. So how did the ancients spend the dog days?

In fact, it's okay for Plutocratic family and the royal family in ancient times, because they have great economic conditions and wealth, and there are many servants and maids at home, so it's even better for the royal family to have someone to enjoy the cool and have a fan around them in dog days. They will take some ice cubes out of the freezer to cool down in the house by physical means, and they will choose to go to a place similar to the present when they turn over in the dog days.

It is even more painful for ordinary people and people with poor family circumstances. Most people will choose to fan themselves and go out to exercise less. The development of ancient science and technology was not particularly fast, and many things were inconvenient.