In the twenty-four solar terms, when is the summer heat?

Slight summer heat is the eleventh of the 24 solar terms. July 7th is a "slight summer heat", and the sun reaches 15 degrees of the yellow meridian. "twenty-four solar term": "June Festival ... summer heat is also hot, which is divided into small and small, and it is big in the middle of the month, but the heat is still small today". It means that the weather is getting hot, but it is not the hottest yet, and most parts of the country are basically in line with it. Slight summer heat is a solar term reflecting the degree of summer heat. At this time, it is before and after the initial lodging. The flood caused by heavy rain after entering the flood season is called "flood season". The summer heat has entered the typhoon season, so we should not only prevent heatstroke, but also pay attention to typhoon prevention. In agricultural production, we should prevent and control pests and diseases, and we are busy harvesting summer sowing in summer. We have a saying in southern Jiangxi that "a little summer is better than a cow", which shows that the labor force of every household is in great need at this time.

The arrival of the slight summer heat marks the hot season in most parts of China. There is a saying in the agricultural proverb: "It is too hot to escape from the heat." However, the summer heat is not the hottest time of the year, so there is a saying in the agricultural proverb that "the summer heat is not hot, but the summer heat is in the sky". The temperature varies from high to low during the light summer festival every year, and the weather is different in the later period. The proverb to predict the next solar term is "it's chilly in a small summer, and it's hot in a big summer." It is predicted that a quarter will be "overheated in light summer and cold in early September". Predictions for half a year include "a little summer heat is not hot, a little cold is not cold" and so on.