Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What season is summer?

What season is summer?

Summer is the hottest season of the year.

In China, summer begins in long summer (May 5-7) and ends in early autumn. Westerners generally say that the summer of solstice is divided into summer. In the southern hemisphere, 65438+February, 65438+ 10 and February are generally designated as summer.

The high temperature in summer in the northern hemisphere is the most remarkable climate feature. Due to the difference of region and dry and wet environment, it will produce dry and hot or wet and rainy climate.

Summer solar terms

Long summer: On May 5th or 6th every year, everything grows and prospers.

Xiaoman: On May 2 1 or 22 every year, summer crops such as wheat begin to be full, but they are not mature.

Ear seed: on June 5 or 6 every year, when the sun runs to 75 degrees of the yellow meridian. Crops with awns, such as wheat, are mature enough to collect seeds.

Summer solstice: On June 2 1 or 22 every year, the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Cancer, resulting in "the sun arrives in the north, and the days are long and the shadows are short", hence the name "summer solstice".

Slight summer heat: On July 7th or 8th every year, the summer heat enters, which indicates that most parts of China enter the high temperature season.

Summer heat: July 22nd or 23rd every year, just before and after the upper abdomen. This period is the hottest period in a year in China's vast areas, but there are also abnormal years, "there is no heat in summer" and there is more rain.