What do you say about the first heatstroke?

Summer is one of the twenty-four solar terms.

The twenty-four solar terms are "three summers", i.e., Xiao Xia Shi Qi, Da Shi Qi, and Shi Shi Qi, in the order of the first, middle, and last summers, respectively. "Three summer" also sandwiched between a "Autumn" festival, after the Autumn is the first summer, the heat is longer. The heat is long and favorable for crop growth and yield. The ancients called this period from the beginning of autumn to the autumn equinox "long summer".

The first day of summer is the fourteenth of the twenty-four solar terms, and the second solar term in the fall. It occurs when the Doo points to E (southwest); the sun's yellow meridian reaches 150°; and the festival is celebrated from August 22 to 24 on the Gregorian calendar. When the summer heat, has come to the hot weather "three summer" of the "end of the summer", means that the hot and difficult weather to the end.

Summer folk activities:

1, eat duck: folk traditionally eat duck in the summer custom, Beijing and Nanjing so far retained this food custom, every summer day, Beijing people will go to the store to buy summer lily duck. If they have time, they will boil old duck with radish at home or make braised duck pieces for their neighbors.

2, open fishing festival: open fishing festival is an ancient Chinese folk festival, which originated from the fishermen in the ancient farming society. According to the traditional concept of feng shui fortune telling, after the summer heat every year, the fish in the rivers, lakes and seas start to move around, and the fishermen use this as a signal to celebrate the arrival of the new fishing season.

3, worship the landlord: the summer festival is at the time of crop harvest, farmers have held a variety of ceremonies to pay tribute to the landlord, some kill animals to the land temple to worship, some of the flag over the insertion of the center of the paddy field to express gratitude.