Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Summer comes and goes.

Summer comes and goes.

"Summer is coming, the summer heat is gone, and the autumn wind is intoxicating."

Today is 202 1, Monday, August 23rd. July16th of the Year of the Ox is the first14th solar term in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar, and it is also the second solar term from autumn to summer. Being in the heat is "out of the heat", that is, out of the heat. The arrival of summer solar terms indicates that the hot summer is about to pass. During this period, the temperature gradually drops, the summer heat gradually disappears, and the autumn is getting stronger. On this day in summer, folk customs mainly include ancestor worship, welcoming autumn, decocting medicinal tea, eating ducks, worshipping the land gods, splashing water, carnival and so on. Summer heat generally refers to the hot air in midsummer. "Chu" means ending and hiding, and the summer heat means that the summer heat ends here. In the past summer, people often used "summer heat steaming people" to describe the heat in summer. Looking back on those hot days, heaven and earth are like a huge steamer, constantly emitting hot air, and the sun is like a big stove, constantly roasting everything in the world in this environment. The whole atmosphere reveals a feeling of listlessness, sultry and humid.