Walking with the 24 solar terms-Xiaoshu (original)

"Spring rain surprised spring clear valley day, summer full mans summer two summer even. Autumn is white and autumn frost falls, winter snow is small, and winter is cold. "

Last time we talked about "summer solstice". Today is "Little Summer", the eleventh of the 24 solar terms. Let's continue to understand "Little Summer".

The summer heat is the beginning of the solar term in June. Summer is also hot. A little heat, a little heat This means that a little heat is just the beginning of a hot summer day. But it is not the hottest time yet, and hotter weather is yet to come. Summer is big and small, and the big summer is the hottest. At this time, the weather is hot, thunderstorms are frequent, the temperature is high and there is much rain, and everything is crazy.

From the solstice of summer, the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer and longer. In the light summer season, the sunshine time in the northern hemisphere has been gradually shortened by half a month. However, although the direct point of the sun is gradually moving south, it is still directed to the northern hemisphere, and the heat received by the northern hemisphere is still greater than the heat consumed, so the temperature will continue to rise during this period.

As we know, "March 9 is cold, and it is hot in dog days". Entering the number 9 starts from the solstice in winter. But entering the dog days is not the same as counting nine. An ambush is entering the dog days.

How do we determine the ambush? "On the summer solstice, the head of the three gengzi falls", which is the basis for establishing the first autumn. The almanac stipulates that "the number of volts starts from the third day of summer", that is to say, "it starts to count down from summer" and begins to fall on the third "Geng Day". Because of the date change of Geng Day, the accommodation date is different every year, but the accommodation date is always between July 1 1 and July 20. Now it is about to enter the sky, as the saying goes, "dog days" is not far away.

The custom of hot summer

The arrival of the light summer heat means that the hot weather in summer is about to begin. In order to cope with the coming hot climate and express gratitude for the first round of bumper harvests, China ancient society has gradually formed customs such as "eating new things" and "offering sacrifices to the god of the valley" for thousands of years.

"Eating fresh" means tasting new rice and noodles after a slight summer heat. In the south, people grind newly cut rice into rice, make a big meal to worship the god of five grains and ancestors, express their gratitude to nature and ancestors, and then everyone eats and tastes new wine.

In the north, pasta is the main food. Therefore, the new way of eating is to grind the newly beaten wheat into flour and make all kinds of cakes, noodles or fried noodles, which are shared by the villagers to express their desire for a bumper harvest. At the same time, we should also prepare a copy for our ancestors, and at the same time, we should ask our ancestors to bless the good weather. So there is a saying that "jiaozi's head is on the second side, and pancakes and eggs are on the third side".

A proverb of hot summer.

There are many proverbs in summer. Mainly to explain the seasonal weather changes. But it is more related to farmers' farming.

After the slight summer heat, the daily heat is three points.

Little Xia Feng, big summer drought.

It's hot in summer, light in summer, and I'm too lazy to cook.

After a sleep, it turns from drought to waterlogging.

A little heat can kill mice.

These proverbs are also the understanding, accumulation and summary of China ancient working people on the changes of natural phenomena in the long years. It embodies the wisdom of ancient working people and is a highly concentrated language essence.