Chang Xia and Grain Rain are current translators.

The long summer is less than half a month, and Grain Rain is now. That is to say, it is still half a month away from the long summer, and today is the solar term in Grain Rain.

From "I don't think about bulging belly, go back to sleep at dusk" (the sixth time). The author is Teng Cen of the Song Dynasty. The full text is: the long summer is less than half a month, and Grain Rain is now. Plums gnash their teeth and ears of wheat are half waist long. If fate doesn't stop, it will turn again. No more winter clothes and no more summer fans. It is half a month before the long summer, and today is the solar term in Grain Rain. At this time, plums are immature and wheat is waist-high. The seasonal operation of nature is endless, and the handle of the Big Dipper will turn to the south again. Now the weather is not cold, you can take off your fur coat in winter and shake your fans in summer. Although this poem was written in the solar terms of Grain Rain, we can still feel the feeling of long summer from the author. The ears of wheat are not ripe yet. Plums still taste sour. Today, there is still a saying in Suzhou that "three new things are tasted in the long summer". The "three creations" are cherry, green plum and wheat.