What does it mean that the heat sends away the Great Sage and the cold welcomes the immortal?

Xiao Xia sent the Great Sage away, and the big fellow welcomed the immortal, which refers to the solar terms in Xiao Xia. Because of the heat, the cricket left the field and went to the corner of the yard for the summer. Pray for the protection of the gods in the cold season, and hope that the gods will visit the fields.

Slight summer is the eleventh solar term among the twenty-four solar terms, and it is also the end of the afternoon month and the beginning of the month. The words describing crickets in the Book of Songs in July are "Wild July, August, September at home, October in bed."

Great cold is the last of the 24 solar terms in the whole year. Every year around 65438+1October 20th in Gregorian calendar, when the sun reaches 300, it is a severe cold.

Twenty-four solar terms: "In mid-December, I met before (slight cold)." Time-sharing, time-sharing, time-sharing and time-sharing quote three rites and meanings: "Great cold is the middle, shaped by slight cold, so it is called great ... extremely cold, so it is called great cold." At this time, the cold wave frequently goes south, which is the coldest period of the year in some parts of China. The wind is strong, the temperature is low, and the snow on the ground does not melt, showing a cold scene of ice and snow.

During the period from the Great Cold to beginning of spring, there were many important folk customs and festivals. For example, sumptuous food, kitchen sacrifices and New Year's Eve, and sometimes even the Spring Festival, the biggest festival in China, are all in this solar term. The activities of the Spring Festival are mainly to offer sacrifices to ancestors, pay homage to ancestors, bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, and pray for a bumper harvest.