Folk customs around summer solar terms

Folk customs before and after the summer festival;

Worship ancestors to welcome autumn: Around the summer, folk associations hold ancestor worship activities.

River lanterns: Around summer, people put river lanterns into the water to mourn the dead and pray for peace.

Eating ducks: A folk proverb says, "Giving ducks in summer makes every family healthy." The ancients thought that ducks in the middle of July in the lunar calendar were the most fat and nutritious, and residents in some areas would eat ducks in summer.

Drink bitter tea: Some areas drink tea in summer, which means eating something "bitter" in autumn.

The origin of summer solar terms:

1, the origin of midsummer solar terms naturally comes from the legend of the origin of twenty-four solar terms, and in some ancient books, midsummer solar terms mean that summer is gone, that is, hot holidays. People will hold various traditional activities in summer, and these activities have certain origins.

2. The annual summer solar term is around August 23rd. At this time, the sun reaches longitude 150. According to the "twenty-four solar terms", "go and go again, and the summer heat ends here." It means that the hot summer is coming to an end.

Although the average daily temperature in Beijing, Taiwan, Taiyuan, Xi, Chengdu, the vast areas to the east and south of Guiyang, and the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang are still above 22 degrees Celsius, it is in summer, but at this time, the cold air going south is increasing and the temperature is gradually decreasing.