When is the hot summer?

Summer Festival is held on July 22-24 every year.

Summer is one of the twenty-four solar terms and the last solar term in summer. "Summer heat" is heat, and summer heat is extremely hot. Summer heat is relatively mild and hot, and it is the clearest and hottest solar term in a year, and "damp-heat steaming" reaches its peak at this time. Climatic characteristics of summer: high temperature and scorching heat, frequent thunderstorms and typhoons.

The summer solar term is the hottest time of the year, just before and after the "midsection" of the "dog days". In summer, the sun is like fire, the temperature is high, the humidity is high, and there is much rain. Although it is inevitable to suffer from high temperature and humidity, it is very beneficial to the growth of crops, and crops grow fastest during this period. Since ancient times, there has been a folk custom of drinking herbal tea (tea) in the dog days of midsummer.

Summer solar terms custom

1, have tea

Fu Cha, as its name implies, is the tea people drink in dog days. Free tea is usually served from the beginning of June to the end of August in the lunar calendar. This kind of tea, which is made of more than ten kinds of Chinese herbal medicines such as honeysuckle, selfheal and licorice, has the function of cooling and relieving summer heat. In ancient times, there was a custom in many rural areas, that is, villagers would put some tea in the pavilion at the entrance of the village and give it to passers-by for free.

Step 2 burn incense

Fuxiang has the highest solar term temperature in summer, the fastest growth of crops, and the most frequent droughts, floods and wind disasters in most areas. The tasks of harvesting crop seeds, drought resistance and drainage, and field management are very heavy; Therefore, people burn incense and pray for good weather and good harvests.