Xiazhi creative art solar terms

The solar terms from summer solstice include the beauty and wisdom of natural landscape, cultural heritage and lifestyle.

1, natural landscape

During the summer solstice, everything on the earth has entered the growing period, with lush vegetation and greener flowers and trees. There is a green scene everywhere, which makes people relaxed and happy. At this time, lakes, rivers and streams on the earth have also become beautiful scenery that people appreciate, and aquatic plants such as lotus flowers, lotus flowers and water lilies on the water surface grow gratifying. Summer solstice, sunny, blue sky and white clouds, very beautiful. At this time, the sky gives people a very open and fresh feeling, which is a wonderful enjoyment.

2. Cultural inheritance

Summer solstice occupies an important position in China traditional culture and is an important festival for ancient farmers. In ancient China, the summer solstice was an important solar term, which was considered as the day when heaven and earth met and people sacrificed to the sun god. In many parts of China, there are some special folk activities during the summer solstice. Such as the Orc Festival in the south and eating jiaozi in the north, all these activities are related to the summer solstice.

In addition, the summer solstice is an important time node for farmers to carry out agricultural activities in China. On the solstice of summer, it is the festival season for farmers to start harvesting wheat, planting corn and harvesting cocoons.

3. Lifestyle

During the summer solstice, the temperature rises gradually, and some changes have taken place in people's lifestyle. People began to wear light summer clothes and eat cold drinks, which is a kind of enjoyment. At the same time, the summer solstice season is a good time for outdoor sports. In this solar term, people can do some sports suitable for summer, such as swimming, Tai Chi and aerobics. In addition, during the summer solstice, people will also carry out some health care activities, such as massage, cupping, acupuncture and so on, which can help people adjust their bodies and keep healthy.

Summer solstice custom

1, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors

In ancient times, the summer solstice, like the winter solstice, was an important folk festival, which was called "Summer Festival" and "Summer Solstice Festival" in ancient times. People have the custom of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors on this day.

2. Eat noodles on the solstice in summer.

There is a folk proverb, "There are noodles on the solstice in winter and jiaozi on the solstice in summer". Eating noodles on the solstice in summer is an important custom in many areas. In summer solstice, new wheat has been harvested, so eating noodles in summer solstice also means "tasting new" A folk proverb says, "Eating noodles in the summer of solstice will shorten the day." Some areas also have the custom of eating wonton and zongzi in summer solstice.

3. Summer Resort

The ancients had a "summer vacation". Pang wrote in Wenchang Miscellanies in the Northern Song Dynasty: "From the day of summer, officials have three days off." At this time, women give each other folding fans, powder and fat. After the summer solstice, wealthy families also take out "ice cubes for summer use in winter" to escape the heat.

On the solstice of summer, everything grows freely and beautiful trees are beautiful and cloudy. Fan Chengda in the Southern Song Dynasty wrote in his poem Xiaoyao Qing: "Plums are ripe in the window, and bamboo shoots come out of the forest under the wall. Even if it rains, I don't know if spring will go. It's sunny before summer feels deep. " Liu Tang Yu Xi also wrote in Zhi Zhu Ci: "Work at sunrise, rest at sunset, and the road is sunny and sunny." Sometimes, after a storm comes a calm, there is no need to be limited to temporary rain or shine, and life is full of good times.