Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Weather inquiry - How to draw in summer?

How to draw in summer?

Features: Entering summer means that the extremely hot weather is over. Although it is still hot during this period, it has shown a downward trend. It has the characteristics of autumn tiger, falling temperature, crisp autumn air and active thunderstorm.

Customs: There are many folk activities in summer, such as ancestor worship, longan porridge, duck eating, river lanterns, fishing festivals, herbal tea decocting, and worship of the earth god.

"Chu" means termination, and the summer heat means that the summer heat will soon pass, and the summer heat will end on this day, and the temperature in most parts of China will gradually drop. This is a solar term, representing the transition from hot to cold.

Folklore:

Sacrifice to ancestors: Around the summer, there will be folk activities to celebrate the Central Plains, commonly known as "July and a half" or "Central Plains Festival". In the old days, there was a ceremony to open the gate of hell from the beginning of July until the gate of hell closed at the end of the month, and Purdue giving activities were held.