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What is the solar term after the heat?

China has 24 solar terms, each of which represents a different meaning. Many people know that summer is a solar term and the hottest time in summer. Do you know what solar terms are after the great summer heat? Let me introduce you now.

What is the solar term after the heat?

After the heat, the solar terms in beginning of autumn. Beginning of autumn is the first 13 of the 24 solar terms and the first solar term in autumn. August 7th-9th of the Gregorian calendar every year. At this time, the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points southwest, and the sun reaches longitude 135. Beginning of autumn also means precipitation, humidity and so on. It is at the turning point of the year and tends to decrease or decline.

The 24 solar terms reflect the changes of "Qi" in the four seasons. Beginning of autumn is the node where the yang gradually closes, the yin gradually grows, and the yang gradually turns to yin. Beginning of autumn also means precipitation, humidity and so on. At the turning point of the year, there is a downward or decreasing trend; In nature, everything begins to grow from lush to mature. However, beginning of autumn does not mean that the hot weather is over, and beginning of autumn is still in the heat period and has not yet come out.

According to the calculation method of "dog days", the days of "beginning of autumn" are often in the middle of dog days, that is to say, the heat is not over, and the real coolness usually comes after the Millennium solar terms. The watershed of summer heat is not in the solar terms in beginning of autumn.