Summer solstice solar terms, what does summer solstice mean, and what does summer solstice represent?

Summer solstice summer means "summer" or even "extreme day", so it means the longest day in summer.

When the sun runs to the longitude of 90 degrees, it is the summer solstice, the tenth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, and the fourth solar term in summer. The summer solstice refers to the time when the sun reaches the residents in the northern hemisphere. For residents in the southern hemisphere, it refers to the time when the sun reaches the winter solstice, which is the longest day and the shortest night in the northern hemisphere.

Characteristics of summer solstice

For farmers, the summer solstice is a solar term that looks forward to and fears rain. During the summer solstice, the temperature is high and the sunshine is abundant in most parts of China, and the crops grow rapidly, which requires a lot of water. As the saying goes, "Raindrops are worth thousands of dollars in summer solstice", but it is the rainy season in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Jianghuai Valley, which is prone to heavy rains and floods and even threatens people's lives and property.

Summer solstice is not only one of the 24 solar terms, but also an ancient folk festival. Since ancient times, there has been a custom of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors in the summer solstice. Nowadays, in the custom of summer solstice, eating noodles is the most important thing to miss. As the saying goes, "winter solstice, summer solstice jiaozi noodles". In summer, new wheat ripens and is harvested. At this time, eating noodles has a new meaning.