What does the heat mean?

The hot summer symbolizes the arrival of the hottest period of the year, which is characterized by strong sunshine, high temperature, humidity and rain.

It is understood that the summer solar terms represent the hottest period of the year. Summer is the twelfth of the twenty-four solar terms, and the date is from July 22nd to 24th every year. The climatic feature of the great summer heat is that "Dou refers to C as the great summer heat, and the weather in Sri Lanka is much fiercer than the small summer heat, so it is called the great summer heat." High temperature weather of 40 degrees Celsius often occurs in many areas of our country.

Summer is the fastest growing period of warm crops and the season with the most thunderstorms. There is a proverb that says, "Without a drop of lightning in the east, you can't walk in the west", which means that if there is lightning in the east in summer afternoon, it won't rain here. If lightning is in the west, it will come soon, and it is too late to escape.

The custom of solar terms in summer

1, dried ginger

Ginger is native to Shanxi, Henan and other places in China. In dog days, people slice or juice ginger, mix it with brown sugar, put it in a container and dry it on gauze.

2. Drink Fu's tea

Is prepared from honeysuckle, licorice, selfheal and other Chinese herbal medicines 10. Cool into tea for later use. In ancient times, they were provided to people free of charge, but now some pharmacies have them.

Step 3 burn incense

When the summer heat comes, the temperature reaches the highest, crops grow rapidly, and droughts, floods and windstorms are also the most frequent in most areas. The tasks of harvesting seeds, drought and waterlogging prevention, typhoon prevention and field management are very arduous. Therefore, people burn incense and pray for good weather and good harvests.