Are there any customs in summer?

Three days passed, and finally ushered in the fourteenth solar term of the twenty-four solar terms-Great Summer. Summer is coming, which means that the hot summer is over and it will enter the autumn with meteorological significance. At this time, the weather is hot during the day, cooler in the morning and evening, with a large temperature difference between day and night and occasional autumn rain.

After summer, autumn is getting stronger, which is a good time for people to welcome autumn and enjoy the scenery. As an important solar term in China, there are many traditional customs in summer.

Custom 1: Turn on the river lights.

River lanterns are actually "lotus lanterns", which are often seen in film and television dramas. Generally, the ancients put lights or candles on the base of river lanterns, and put them into rivers, lakes and seas on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, letting them float into the distance. The purpose is to help drowning ghosts and other lonely souls in Purdue water sneak around and drag river lanterns to support their lives.

Custom 2: Fishing Festival

For people living along the coast, it is a good time to fish after the hot summer. In Zhejiang, an annual fishing festival is held every summer vacation, and a grand fishing ceremony is held on the day when fishing is closed in the East China Sea to bid farewell to fishermen.

Custom 3: splashing water

In Japan, when the summer heat is everywhere, people all over Japan will organize water splashing activities, that is, water splashing to cool down.

Custom 4: Travel to welcome autumn

After the summer heat, autumn is getting stronger and the summer heat is dissipating, which is a good time for people to go out for an outing and enjoy autumn scenery. This is a good time to go out and see the clouds in the sky.