Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What are the solar terms in August?

What are the solar terms in August?

1 and August have two solar terms. Early autumn (August 7 -9) and summer (August 22 -24).

2. beginning of autumn is the 13th solar term in the "24 solar terms" and the beginning of autumn. The bucket refers to the southwest, and the sun reaches the longitude of 135, and it is celebrated on August 7 or 8 of the Gregorian calendar every year. "Reason" means the beginning; "Autumn" means that the grain is ripe. The change of the whole nature is a step-by-step process, and beginning of autumn is a turning point in which the Yang gradually closes, the Yin gradually grows, and the Yang gradually gets cloudy. In nature, everything begins to mature from luxuriance.

3. long summer is the 14th solar term among the 24 solar terms, and autumn is the second solar term. Dou Zhiwu (Southwest); The solar meridian reaches150; August 22-24 of the Gregorian calendar every year. Summer has arrived, which is the "last summer" in the "three summers" of hot and hot weather, which means that the hot and difficult weather is coming to an end. After the summer heat, the direct point of the sun continued to move southward, the solar radiation weakened, the subtropical high retreated southward, and the summer heat gradually disappeared. Thunderstorm activity is not as active as summer, and the general trend of rainstorm in all parts of the country is weakened. There are many folk activities in summer, such as eating ducks, setting off river lanterns, opening fishing festivals, decocting medicinal tea and offering sacrifices to the land.