What does summer mean?

Being in summer means that hot weather is coming to an end.

The heat is over

1 is the 14th solar term among the 24 solar terms and the second solar term in autumn. Dou Zhiwu (Southwest); The solar meridian reaches150; August 22-24 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

2. 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.

4. The bucket handle of the Seven Stars points southwest (position E). When the sun reaches longitude 150, the node time is around August 23rd in Gregorian calendar.

5. In summer, the direct point of the sun has moved from 23 26 ′ north latitude to1128 ′ north latitude.

6. At this time, if you watch the Big Dipper at night, you will find that the curved bucket handle still points southwest. The arrival of the hot summer also means entering the second half of the dry calendar.

7. At this time, it is the busy season for harvesting mid-season rice in most parts of the south. Generally, during the summer solar term, the sunshine in South China is still abundant. Except for the western part of South China, there are not many rainy days, which is beneficial to mid-season rice cutting cotton and spitting.

8. In summer, fruits and crops in most areas of China gradually entered the mature stage, and farmers stepped up their picking, seized the farming season, and carried out field management such as rice fertilization and weeding.

9. "When the summer valley turns to Huang Shi, beware of strong winds." After summer, the temperature difference between day and night increases. Because the night is cold and the day is warm, the nutrients absorbed by the crops during the day are stored at night, so the crops mature quickly.

10, "changing fields overnight in summer", "no valley for three days in summer", "rice in three dynasties in summer" and "every family builds a barn in summer" all indicate that crops will be harvested after the summer solar term.