The heat of summer represents the meaning of life.

The arrival of the summer solar term means entering the hottest period of the year, when the sun is the most vigorous and everything is full of vitality.

Summer is a harvest season with hot climate, abundant sunshine, abundant rain and vigorous growth of crops. This time is also a good time for people to enjoy nature and summer.

The summer solar term is just around the Mid-Autumn Festival in the dog days, which is the strongest and hottest solar term in a year, and the "hot and humid steaming" also reaches its peak at this time. The summer heat is the season with the most thunderstorms and abundant rainfall. High temperature and rainy period are basically the same, and rain and heat are the same.

The summer solar term is the period with the strongest sunshine and the highest temperature in South China, the period with the richest rainfall, the most common thunderstorm and the most concentrated high temperature days in the west of South China, and the period with the highest temperature above 35℃ in the east of South China.

Traditional customs of summer solar terms;

1, dried ginger

Fujiang originated in Shanxi and Henan provinces of China. In dog days, people slice or juice ginger, mix it with brown sugar, put it in a container, cover it with gauze and dry it in the sun.

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, the people burn incense and pray for good weather and good harvests; There is also a saying that is close to moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine. In dog days, specific acupoints are smoked with incense.

3. Drink sheep in summer

In northern China, there is a custom of drinking summer sheep (mutton soup) on a hot summer day. After the intense summer harvest, people are very tired and should have a good rest. So, the whole family got together, and everyone ate a delicious new wheat steamed stuffed bun and drank a bowl of delicious mutton soup.