The arrival of the first day of summer in the twenty-four solar terms, what are the characteristics of the weather changes after the arrival of this festival?

After the arrival of the heat of summer, it means that the weather begins to gradually turn cooler, and the hot summer heat begins to recede from this time, and the autumn coolness formally begins, and it is generally hotter at noon, while the coolness is aggravated in the morning and evening.

The twenty-four solar terms are the crystallization of the long-term wisdom and experience of the ancient people of China, and are used by the ancient working people to guide the agriculture of the supplemental calendar, Shang Dynasty period, there are only four solar terms, the development of eight in the Zhou Dynasty period, and then to the Qin and Han dynasties, the twenty-four solar terms were formally established.

In 104 B.C., at the suggestion of Sima Qian and others, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Deng Ping and Tang Du to revise the calendar, which was then promulgated in the first year of the Tai Chou era, and was later referred to as the Tai Chou Calendar. This is not only the first relatively complete calendar in China, but also the most advanced calendar in the world.

The twenty-four solar terms were derived from the ancient observation of the sun's annual movements, each representing the corresponding position of the sun in the ecliptic for every 15° of movement, scientifically demonstrating the laws of astronomical and meteorological changes, and in ancient times could be said to be a compass for farmers to carry out agricultural activities and to predict and anticipate climate change.

The twenty-four solar terms skillfully combine weather, agriculture, astronomy, and folklore, and are an important part of China's traditional culture, which has now been formally inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Twenty-four Solar Terms

Lichun, Rain, Sting? Spring Equinox? The first day of the month of spring, the first day of the month of spring. Grain rain?

Rising Summer? Mango? Mangseo? Summer solstice? Summer solstice? Heatstroke

Autumn? The first day of summer? White Dew? Autumn Equinox? Cold Dew? Frostfall

Winter? Snowfall? Snowfall? winter solstice? Cold? The first day of summer is the 14th of the twenty-four solar terms, and it has the meaning of "out of the summer heat. to this point and stop."

That is to say, the heat of the summer to this point on the official stop, the end, from this day onwards, the weather began to gradually turn cooler, and autumn began to be more and more intense.

The ancients divided the summer heat into three seasons, "the eagle is sacrificed to the birds; two seasons of heaven and earth begin to purify; three seasons of the harvest is to ascend."

The meaning is that, at the time of the summer festival, the eagle often puts the captured prey on display first, as if worshiping the prey sacrificed for it, and with the passage of time the feeling of autumn is also getting more and more intense, and heaven and earth began to gradually pale, showing a solemn and murderous atmosphere, and sorghum, millet and other grains ripened and harvested at the time of the summer festival.

There are also a lot of folk sayings about the summer heat, such as, "The summer heat is still hot, like a tigress. "It means that the weather is still hot at the time of the first day of summer. "Summer is not hot, but the heat is in the middle of the day. " This is to say that the summer heat is mainly hot at noon, and the weather starts to get cooler in the morning and evening. These simple proverbs are the wisdom of the ancient people of our country who have carefully observed and summarized the crystallization of wisdom.

Each of the twenty-four solar terms is often accompanied by a number of corresponding agricultural or folklore activities, and there are many folklore activities in many places during the summer months.

The twenty-four festivals of folk activities to travel to welcome the autumn

After the summer, the weather gradually turned cool, high and refreshing is a good time to travel, which is why there is a folk "July August to see the clouds," said.

Fishing Festival

In some coastal areas, there are also fishing festivals, because after the summer festival, it is the time of the fishery harvest.

River Lanterns

The summer festival falls around the Mid-Yuan Festival in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, so many places have the custom of releasing river lanterns, putting candles on the lotus lanterns and putting them in the river on the day of the Mid-Yuan Festival to honor the souls of the dead.

Boiling medicinal tea

In the two Guangdong provinces, people go to pharmacies to configure prescriptions to boil medicinal tea during the summer vacation.

Eating Duck

From the perspective of Chinese medicine and health care, the summer season should moisturize the lungs and strengthen the spleen, because duck meat can moisten the dryness, so many places have the habit of eating duck in the summer season.