Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What is the summer solar term?

What is the summer solar term?

It means "out of summer", which means leaving the heat. Summer is the14th solar term among the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar. The time point is August 23rd, Gregorian calendar, and the sun arrives at 150. Summer solar terms mean that we are about to enter the autumn with meteorological significance. After the summer, the temperature in the area north of the Yellow River in China gradually drops.

"Twenty-four solar terms" records: "In the middle of July, this place will stop, and the summer will stop here." This sentence means that "summer heat" means that the hot summer is over. However, there is also a proverb called "Summer is like autumn tiger", which means that the weather in summer is not really cool in autumn, and it is inevitable that there will be high temperature during the day. This is what people often call "autumn tiger". Because the "autumn tiger" is still there, the summer heat has just gradually subsided and started to cool down.

There are three phenological phenomena in summer: the first eagle is a sacrificial bird, the second time the world begins to sink, and the third time it climbs the valley. Eagle is a sacrificial bird, which means that in summer, when crops are ripe and food is abundant, there will be more birds foraging in the sky. At this time, the eagle can easily catch them and pile up the extra prey, like displaying sacrifices. The second time "heaven and earth began to sink" means that summer is in the month of Meng and Qiu when the temperature is gradually decreasing. The arrival of the chill makes the vegetation turn yellow and fall off, and at this time, the world presents a chill. The third stage of "Henaideng" means that crops such as rice begin to mature in summer and enter the harvest season of harvesting and drying.