The meaning of summer solstice solar terms

1, summer solstice solar terms interpretation: summer solstice, called "summer festival" and "summer solstice festival" in ancient times. It is not only one of the 24 solar terms, but also a festival in the ancient folk "four seasons and eight festivals". Since ancient times, there has been a custom of worshipping gods and ancestors on the solstice in summer to pray for disaster relief and bumper harvest.

2. The node of the summer solstice is when the sun runs to the longitude of the Yellow River at 90 degrees, usually on June 2 1~22 of the Gregorian calendar.