What are the characteristics of the long summer in the 24 solar terms, and the related knowledge of the long summer?

1 and the characteristics of long summer in 24 solar terms: the summer heat comes and thunderstorms increase. Phenological phenomena: insects chirping, earthworms coming out of cages and melon growing.

2. Long summer is the seventh solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the first solar term in summer. Long summer indicates the change of seasons and the official start of midsummer season. When the sun reaches 45 degrees of the yellow meridian, it is a long summer, usually on May 5 or 6 of the Gregorian calendar every year. After the long summer, the temperature in southern China rose rapidly, and the rainfall and days of rainfall increased significantly.

3. "Summer" in long summer means "big", which means that the plants sown in spring have grown upright. When the temperature rises obviously, the summer heat comes, thunderstorms increase and crops enter the peak season, people are used to taking long summer as an important solar term. There are three seasons in the long summer, one is the sound of insects, the other is the appearance of earthworms and the third is the birth of melons. The main customs are welcoming the summer ceremony, tasting new things, playing egg games, and "weighing people" in the long summer.