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The Difference Between Small Summer and Big Summer

The difference between the small summer and the great summer What is the difference between the small summer and the great summer festivals

1, the time is different

The time of the small summer is around July 7 every year (July 6-8th). The big summer time is around July 23rd (July 22nd - 24th)

2, the sun's position is different

Small summer, the sun reaches 105 ° yellow longitude. The sun reaches 120° of the yellow meridian during the great summer heat.

3, different climatic characteristics

Small summer, the climate is characterized by rising temperatures, into the drought period. The summer season is in the three volts in the "middle volts" stage, the climate is characterized by high temperatures and heat.

4, three different candidates

The summer is divided into three candidates: "a wait for the warm wind to; two crickets in the Yu; three eagles began to birds." The first is that after the day of the summer heat, there is no longer a cool breeze on the earth, but all the winds are carrying heat waves. The second means that due to the heat, the crickets left the fields and went to the corners of the courtyards to escape from the heat. The third wait means that the eagle is moving in the cool high air because the temperature on the ground is too high.

The great summer heat is divided into three seasons: "The first season is when rotting grass becomes fireflies; the second season is when the soil is moist and muggy; and the third season is when heavy rain falls." The first is that in the summer heat, fireflies oviposited, and the ancients believed that fireflies were transformed into decaying grass; the second is that the weather began to become hot and muggy, and the land was very wet; the third is that from time to time there will be big thunderstorms, and this rain makes the heat and humidity weakened, and the weather began to transition to the beginning of the Autumn Festival.

What is the meaning of the small summer and the big summer

Summer, meaning hot, small summer for small heat, not very hot. Small summer is relative to the big summer, the ancients believe that during the small summer, is not the hottest time of the year, so it is called small summer. Small summer means that the weather began to heat up, but not to the hottest.

The Great Summer, the Chinese lunar calendar, the twelfth of the twenty-four solar terms in the twelfth season, on July 23 or 24 each year, when it is in the middle of the ambush before and after most of China for the hottest period of the year, the climate is characterized by: "Doo refers to the C for the Great Summer, when the weather is very strong in the small summer, so it is called the Great Summer."

Ancient people believe that during the small summer, the weather is not so hot, less than the hottest days of the year, so called small summer, only to the day of the three volts is the hottest season, so it is known as the summer, I believe that we have heard the proverb "cold in the three nine, hot in the three volts," three volts of the day is the hottest time of the year, the three volts of the day in the three volts of the day is the hottest time of the year. In the three ambush days in the middle of the ambush temperature relative to the beginning and the end of the ambush and will be higher, which means that the temperature of the summer will be generally higher than the small summer, after all, the summer is in the middle of the ambush days, but the small summer even ambush days have not been into the summer, in general, the temperature of the summer is higher than the small summer.

What to pay attention to small summer health and big summer health

1, warm water is healthier than cool water

Small summer and big summer weather is hot, the body's water evaporation loss is too fast, a lot of people in order to quench their thirst on a one-time drink a lot of water. More than that, many people like to drink cold water, but drinking a lot of water will make the blood concentration lower, causing panic, shortness of breath, sweating and other phenomena.

The weather is hot and the human body temperature is high, this time to drink cold water is like pouring water on the red-hot charcoal, poof, how can the stomach and intestines be affected. So usually drink warm water is best, "health wisdom" also mentioned that if you sweat a lot, you can drink sugar and salt water, tea, etc., to replenish minerals, you can also drink green bean water, chrysanthemum tea and other summer soup and tea.

2, therapeutic food health

The summer sunny heat down, the sun to the ground water evaporation, water up, moisture filled, so in this small summer heat, feel the wet more. In Chinese medicine, wet is a yin evil, its nature tends to be down, heavy turbid viscous, easy to block the qi, damage to yang qi, therapeutic diet to strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, clearing heat and solving the summer heat is appropriate.

Job's tears have a long history of cultivation in China, and it is one of the ancient food and medicine grain species in China. In "Wisdom of Nutrition", it is believed that barley is cold in nature and enters the spleen, lung and kidney meridians. It has the functions of strengthening the spleen, tonifying the lungs, clearing heat and seeping warmth, and is also good for balancing blood pressure and blood lipids.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" mentioned Job's tears "strengthen the spleen and stomach, tonifying the lungs and clearing heat, dispel wind and dampness, nourish the face Resident appearance, light body prolonged life.

Job's way of eating is diverse, folk are mostly used to cook porridge. Because it is later with the health food, so its production methods. Generally speaking, according to their own physical condition, with other health ingredients to cook porridge nourishment.