Why did the college entrance examination take 678?

Why is the college entrance examination set at 678? The reason for this is the following：

As early as 2003, the annual college entrance examination was scheduled for July 7. This is the day to commemorate the July 7th Lugouqiao Incident. Later, it was changed to June 7 and 8, because July coincided with the typhoon season in coastal areas, which caused a lot of unnecessary troubles to candidates and parents, including the marking work of the education department.

Therefore, since 2003, the Ministry of Education has advanced the time of the college entrance examination by one month, that is, June. The temperature in this season is more suitable, and the children's mood is more relaxed. The homonym of 678 is also called entering the park.

The National College Entrance Examination (full name: National College Entrance Examination for English) is a college entrance examination held in People's Republic of China (PRC) (excluding Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan Province Province). It is a selective examination for ordinary high school graduates and candidates with equivalent academic qualifications. The general college entrance examination is held on June 7th and 8th every year. In some areas, the examination is extended to June 9th due to its subject arrangement.

The national unified examination for enrollment of ordinary colleges and universities is authorized by the competent department of the state or independently proposed by the provincial education examination system; Unified scheduling by the Ministry of education, the provincial admissions examination committee is responsible for the implementation and management. The Ministry of Education requires that the names of examination subjects in all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) are the same as those in the national unified examination, and must be consistent with the national unified examination schedule. ?

The national unified examination in 2023 was held on June 7, and the specific subject examination schedule was: June 7 from 9:00 to 1 1:30 Chinese; Mathematics from 15:00 to 17:00. June 8, 9:00- 1 1:30, liberal arts comprehensive/science comprehensive; 15:00- 17:00 foreign languages, if there is a foreign language listening test, it should be arranged before the written foreign language test begins.