Beautiful implication of long summer solar terms

The arrival of the long summer marks the end of spring and the beginning of summer. Long summer is also called "Long Summer Festival". People used to regard the long summer as a solar term in which the temperature increased obviously and thunderstorm weather increased. This solar term also symbolizes that crops have entered a stage of rapid growth, with rising temperatures and abundant rainfall.

Long summer is the seventh solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the first solar term in summer. The festival is held on May 5-7 of the Gregorian calendar every year. At this time, the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the southeast, and the longitude of the sun reaches 45 degrees. Almanac: "Dou refers to the southeast, Wei is the long summer, and everything has grown up since then, so it is named long summer." After the long summer, the sunshine increased, gradually warming, and thunderstorms increased. Long summer is an important solar term, marking the peak season for the growth of all things. In the long summer, everything is thriving.