Shang Yun's 24 solar terms ⑦ [Long Summer]

Changxia: In the long summer, there is a fantasy, so I enjoy a period of leisure.

Long summer is the seventh solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the first solar term in summer. It is held every year from May 5th to 7th in the Gregorian calendar.

At this time, the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the southeast, and the longitude of the sun reaches 45.

Long summer is an important solar term, marking the peak season for the growth of all things.

Almanac: "Dou refers to the southeast, Wei is the long summer, and everything has grown up since then, so it is named long summer."

After the long summer, the sunshine increases, the temperature rises gradually, the thunderstorm increases, and the crops enter a vigorous growth stage.

Chang Xia said that saying goodbye to spring is the beginning of summer. Spring comes and summer grows, autumn harvests and winter storage, and in the long summer, everything is thriving.

Because China has a vast territory and a large span from north to south, natural rhythms vary from place to place. In the long summer season, only the area south of the Fuzhou-Lingnan line in China enters the real summer of "the trees grow dark in summer and the balcony reflects into the pond"; In parts of the northeast and northwest, there is just a hint of spring at this time.

According to the classification standard of modern climatology (climate average temperature) in China, the daily average temperature rises steadily above 22℃, starting in summer.

—— The above content is taken from Baidu Encyclopedia.