Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Is the long summer spring or summer?

Is the long summer spring or summer?

summer

Long summer means the end of spring and the beginning of summer. Spring comes and summer grows, autumn harvests and winter storage, and in the long summer, everything is thriving. Because China has a vast territory and a large span from north to south, natural rhythms vary from place to place. In the long summer season, only the area south of Fuzhou-Nanling line in China enters the real summer of "the trees grow dark in summer and the balcony reflects into the pond"; And parts of the northeast and northwest just have the breath of spring at this time.

The long summer heralds the change of seasons and the official start of summer. After the long summer, the temperature in southern China rose rapidly, and the rainfall and days of rainfall increased significantly, which made crops enter an important solar term. In many places, people hold "welcoming summer" ceremonies in the long summer to express their prayers and good wishes for a bumper harvest.