Life stories included in the solar terms of Long Summer, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Small Summer and Great Summer.

"Book of Rites and Moon Order" explains Chang Xia's statement: "Insects come out, melons grow long, and bitter vegetables are obvious." It shows that in this season, cockroaches are clamoring for the coming of summer, earthworms are also busy helping farmers loosen the soil, and wild vegetables on rural ridges are also being unearthed.

2. Xiaoman

Agricultural proverbs in southern China give Xiaoman a new meaning: "Xiaoman is not satisfied with the broken ridge"; "Little people are full of discontent, regardless of mangoes." The word "full" is used to describe the amount of rain, and it is pointed out that if there is not enough water in the field when it is full, the ridge may crack and even rice cannot be planted when it is planted.

3. Miscanthus

In ancient China, mango seeds were divided into three stages: "One stage was when mantis was born; Second, wait for Peng to start singing; The third-class tongue is silent. " In this solar term, the eggs laid by mantis in late autumn last year, because they felt the birth of Yin Qi, broke their shells and gave birth to little mantis; Shrike, who likes shade, began to appear in the branches and sing in the shade. On the contrary, mockingbirds, who can learn from the songs of other birds, stop singing because they feel the appearance of Yin.

4. Summer solstice

In ancient China, the summer solstice was divided into three phases: "The first phase of staghorn dissolution; Second, wait for cicadas to start singing; Third-class Pinellia ternata. " Although elk and deer belong to the same family, the ancients thought they belonged to yin and yang. The deer's horn faces forward, so it belongs to Yang. On the solstice of summer, Yin Qi was born, and Yang Qi began to decline, so the front antlers began to fall off.

However, the elk is cloudy, so it falls off at the corner from winter to Sunday; After the solstice of summer, the male cicada fluttered and sang because of Yin Qi's feeling; Pinellia ternata is a shade-loving herb, named after it was born in swamps or paddy fields in midsummer. It can be seen that in the hot summer, some yin-loving creatures began to appear, while positive creatures began to decline.

5. Summer heat

In ancient China, the summer heat was divided into three periods: "First, it was warm and windy; Second, wait for crickets to live in space; The third waiting eagle began to crow. " In summer, there is no cool wind on the earth, and all the winds carry heat waves; The words describing crickets in the Book of Songs in July are "Wild July, August, September at home, October in bed."

August mentioned in this paper is June in the summer calendar, which is a short time in summer. Because of the heat, crickets leave the field and go to the corner of the yard to escape the heat. In this solar term, the eagle is in the cool high air movement, because the ground temperature is too high.

6. Hot summer

The working people in China divide the summer heat into three periods: "rotten grass is firefly;" Second, wait for the soil to moisten and cool off the heat; It clears up when it rains. "There are more than 2,000 kinds of fireflies in the world, which are divided into aquatic and terrestrial. 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.