When the sun is in the north, the sun is long and the shadow is short, what does it mean to say the summer solstice?

When the sun reaches the north, the days are long and the shadows are short. Therefore, the summer solstice means that the direct position of the sun on the ground reaches the northernmost point of the year and almost directly reaches the Tropic of Cancer. At this time, the day in the northern hemisphere is the longest, and the farther north, the shorter the sunshine shadow. This day is called the summer solstice.

The summer solstice solar term is also the earliest of the 24 solar terms. Generally speaking, the time is June 2 1 to 22/of the Gregorian calendar.

For the Tropic of Cancer and its northern area, the summer solstice is also the highest day of the year at noon.

For the Tropic of Cancer and its northern area, after the summer solstice, the height of the noon sun will also decrease day by day. There is a folk proverb that "eating noodles on the solstice in summer will shorten the day".