What is the moral of the great summer heat? What are its characteristics and solar terms culture?

Introduction: Summer solar term is the last solar term in summer after the Great Summer. Many people say that the heat is the hottest time. Is it true?/You don't say. The heat is in the dog days, so it is right to say that it is the hottest solar term in a year. So, what is the moral of the great summer heat? What are the characteristics of solar terms culture in summer? If you want to know, please take a look at my introduction.

What is the moral of the great summer heat?

"Summer heat" means heat, and great summer heat, as its name implies, is very hot.

Summer, the twelfth of the 24 solar terms, is also the hottest solar term in a year. Its climatic characteristics are: "Dou refers to C as a great summer heat, and the weather in Sri Lanka is much fiercer than a small summer heat, so it is called a great summer heat." Midsummer is the hottest time of the year. High temperature weather of 40 degrees Celsius often occurs in many areas of our country. Summer is the fastest growing period of warm crops and the season with the most thunderstorms. There is a proverb that says, "Without a drop of lightning in the east, you can't walk in the west", which means that if there is lightning in the east in summer afternoon, it won't rain here. If lightning is in the west, it will come soon, and it is too late to escape. At the same time, meteorological disasters such as drought, flood and wind disaster are also the most frequent in many areas.

The ancient summer heat in China is divided into three periods: "Rotten grass is firefly; Second, wait for the soil to moisten and cool off the heat; It will be fine when it rains. " There are more than 2000 species of fireflies in the world, which are divided into aquatic and terrestrial species. Terrestrial fireflies lay eggs on hay, and when it is hot, fireflies ovulate, so the ancients thought fireflies were made of rotten grass. The second weather is that the weather becomes sultry and the land is wet. The third kind of weather is frequent thunderstorm, which weakens the heat and humidity, and the weather begins to transition to beginning of autumn.

Characteristics of great summer heat

Summer solar terms are in the "three volts", which is the period with the most sunshine and the highest temperature in China. Most parts of the country are dry and lack of rain, and the temperature in many areas is above 35 degrees, so the so-called "three stoves" are also the most prosperous.

From the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places north of South China, it is hot and rainy, and the rain drops like gold. There are some sayings, such as "Summer rain is as light as silver, and summer rain is as heavy as gold", "Rain in rain, Ridomi hoards it", "Rain in rainy days, abundant grain and cotton" and "No drought, one acre plus one load". As Heshui Zuo said in his poem, "The sun is shining and the weather is hot, but doing nothing and worrying about flies and mosquitoes. The cloud swells and the arrow scatters gold on the lotus pond. " If it rains around the summer heat, it indicates that there will be more rain in the future. There is a proverb in agriculture that "it rains in summer and water is enough in autumn;" It doesn't rain in summer, and I'm worried that I won't be able to eat water.

In the western part of South China, although the high temperature appears most frequently, the rain is the most abundant and the thunderstorm is the most common, which is the season with the most thunderstorms. There is a proverb here that says, "East flash can't go down, and west flash can't go." It means that in the summer afternoon, if there is lightning in the east, the rain will not come here. If lightning is in the west, the rain will come soon, and it's too late to hide.

According to whether it is hot or not, there are many agricultural proverbs to predict the weather in the later period: for example, in the short term, there will be a "great summer, and the fields will rest;" It is cool in summer and the pond is full of water "; Mid-term means "great heat, cool after autumn"; Long-term predictions include "the heat is unbearable, and there will be no frost for four months", "the heat is not hot, the winter is not cold" and "the heat is not hot, and the winter will rot".

Solar terms culture in the heat.

Drink sheep in summer

Many areas in Shandong have the custom of "drinking summer sheep" (that is, drinking mutton soup) on the day of summer heat. In Zaozhuang city, many citizens go to the local mutton soup kitchen to "drink summer sheep" in the hot summer.

Yinfucha

Since ancient times, people have the custom of drinking tea in the dog days of summer. Tea in dog days, as the name implies, is tea in dog days. This kind of tea, which is made of more than ten kinds of Chinese herbal medicines such as honeysuckle, selfheal and licorice, has the function of cooling and relieving summer heat.

cricket fighting

The summer heat is the season with the most crickets in rural fields. In some areas of China, people have the custom of playing cricket in their spare time.

Eat fairy grass

Many places in Guangdong have the custom of "eating fairy grass" in summer. Cao Xian, also known as Xiancao and Cao Xian, is an important medicinal and edible plant resource. It is known as "Cao Xian" because of its magical effect of relieving summer heat. After the stems and leaves are dried in the sun, they can be made into fairy grass, which is called bean jelly in Guangdong and is a summer dessert.

Drying ginger

Fu Jiang originated in Shanxi, Henan and other places in China. In dog days, people slice or juice ginger, mix it with brown sugar, put it in a container, cover it with gauze and dry it in the sun. After fully blending, it has a miraculous effect on stomach cold, cold and cough, and has a warming and health care function. When the body eats cold food, gets wet in the rain or stays in an air-conditioned room for a long time, drinking a cup of ginger can eliminate all kinds of discomfort caused by cold weight in time.

burn joss sticks

Fuxiang has the highest solar term temperature in summer, the fastest growth of crops, and the most frequent droughts, floods and wind disasters in most areas. The tasks of harvesting crop seeds, drought resistance and drainage, and field management are very heavy; Therefore, people burn incense and pray for good weather and good harvests.

There is also a saying that it is close to moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine. In dog days, some acupoints can be scented and can treat many stubborn diseases.

Eat pineapple

During the hot summer, there is a custom of eating pineapple in Taiwan Province Province, and people think that pineapple is the best at this time. In addition, the pronunciation of pineapple in Minnan dialect is the same as that of "Wanglai", so it is also used as a symbol of praying for peace, good luck and prosperous business.

Send a "summer boat"

The activity of sending a "summer boat" in summer has a history of hundreds of years in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province. The "Summer Boat" was completely built according to the scale of the old three-masted sailboat, which contained various sacrifices. After the activity began, more than 50 fishermen took turns to carry the "Summer Boat" to the streets, drums were blaring, firecrackers were ringing, and people were praying all over the street. The "Summer Boat" was finally transported to the dock for a series of blessing ceremonies. Subsequently, this "summer boat" was dragged out of the fishing port by fishing boats, and then lit on the sea to let it rise and fall, in order to wish people a bumper harvest and a healthy life. People in Jiaojiang, Taizhou also have the custom of eating ginger juice to adjust eggs in summer. Ginger juice can eliminate moisture in the body, and ginger juice can adjust eggs and "replenish people". Some elderly people like to eat chicken porridge, which is said to tonify yang.

superheat

On the Great Summer Festival, Putian people have the custom of eating litchi, mutton and rice grains, which is called "over the Great Summer". In summer, relatives and friends often give litchi and mutton as gifts.