What does summer heat mean?

Summer represents the solar term from hot to high temperature.

"Chu" means to hide and die, and "early summer" means that the hot summer has passed. "Go, go, the summer heat is over." "Chu" means termination, which means that the summer heat is about to pass, the summer heat will end on this day, and the temperature in most parts of China will gradually drop. Being in summer is not only different from mild summer heat and severe summer heat, but also different from slight cold and severe cold solar terms. This is a solar term representing the transition from hot to cold.

"Summer heat" means heat in ancient Chinese. According to the different temperatures in a year, "summer heat" is also divided into three grades, namely, slight summer heat, great summer heat and great summer heat. Among them, the slight summer heat is after the long summer, and the temperature is slightly higher, but not very hot.

Introduction of summer hyperthermia custom

1, fishing festival

For coastal fishermen, every year during the hot summer, it is the harvest season after the hot summer; The annual grand fishing festival will be held in the coastal areas of Zhejiang Province, and it is decided to hold a grand fishing ceremony on the day when fishing is closed in the East China Sea to see the fishermen off to sea.

2. River lanterns

River lanterns, also known as "lotus lanterns", usually put lights or candles on the base, and put them into rivers, lakes and seas during the Mid-Autumn Festival to let them float. River lanterns are for drowning ghosts and other ghosts in Purdue water.

3. Travel to welcome autumn

Worshipping ancestors to welcome autumn in summer is mostly related to the folk customs before and after the solar terms. Around the summer vacation, there will be folk activities to celebrate the Central Plains, commonly known as "July 30" or "Central Plains Festival". In the old society, from the beginning of July, there were ceremonies to open the gate of hell until the end of the month, and Purdue giving activities were held.