What is the summer solar term?

The solar term of cricket is a long summer day.

1. There are three stages in Xia San: the first stage is insect singing, the second stage is insect singing, and the third stage is the birth of melon.

1, giggle: a long summer "giggle". The so-called "the first time, cricket is singing" is cricket. Suitable for warm and humid environment. With the chirping of cricket, it means that the taste of summer is strong.

2. Earthworms were born: Five days after the long summer, earthworms were born. Earthworms are an out-and-out animal, living in wet and dark soil. When the sun was shining brightly, earthworms got impatient and emerged from the soil in succession.

3. Wang Guasheng: Five days later, "Wang Guasheng". Cucumber is a unique medicinal climbing plant in northern China. It grows rapidly in the long summer and will bear red fruit in June and July.

Second, long summer has three meanings.

In the long summer solar term, first you will hear grubs chirping in the field, then you will see earthworms digging in the soil, and then the vines of the melon will start to climb and grow rapidly. The arrival of the long summer indicates that spring has left and summer is about to begin. At this time, the summer harvest crops will enter the late growth stage, the winter wheat will blossom and fill, the rape will be close to maturity, the year of the summer harvest crops is basically a foregone conclusion, and the management of rice planting and other spring sowing crops will also enter the busy season. Therefore, long summer is a solar term for busy farming.

Third, the academic ability is poor.

Cricket clubs have many things, but they are not proficient in learning skills. "There are five abilities but no skills: one can't fly over the house, two can't live in poverty, three can't cross the valley, four points can't be recovered, and five can't kill people." (Jin Cuibao's Notes on Ancient and Modern Times) It means that the mole can fly, but it can't fly over the eaves. It can climb, but it can't climb the treetops. It can swim, but it can't swim across valleys and dig holes, but it's not enough to protect itself. It can run, and it is faster than people.

Long summer customs

1, Welcome to Summer: In ancient times, Emperor Chang Xia led hundreds of officials to the southern suburbs of Beijing to welcome summer and held a ceremony to welcome summer. The monarch and his subjects all wear red ceremonial costumes and red jade ornaments. Even horses and car flags should be red to express their prayers and good wishes for a bumper harvest.

2. Taste the new: Suzhou has a proverb "See three new things in the long summer", which is an ancient poem describing the solar terms in the long summer. These three new things are cherry, plum and wheat. In Changshu, tasting new dishes is more abundant, and there is a saying of "nine meats and thirteen vegetables". Nine kinds of meat are crucian carp, salted eggs, salted shrimp and brine shrimp, including cherries, plums, bamboo shoots, broad beans, peas and cucumbers. ?

3. Beat the eggs: Every household cooks the eggs (the eggs are cooked in shells and cannot be damaged), soaks them in cold water for a few minutes, then puts on a woven net bag and hangs it around the child's neck. Children will play the game of beating eggs in groups of three or five, and the egg heads will fight against each other, and the loser will give up.

4. Weighing people: In ancient times, there was a custom of "weighing people" in summer. In early autumn, weigh them again and see how much they have lost after the heat. Sweating in the heat is the best season to lose weight.