About the introduction of summer heat, the solar term meaning of summer heat

Introduction: In agricultural proverbs, there has always been a saying that "little summer, big summer, steamed". Now with the arrival of Little Summer, it also means that all parts of the country will enter the dog days without accident, but how much do you know about the solar term of Little Summer? Let's introduce Xiao Xia first and find out what solar terms mean.

Slight summer heat means slight heat, which means that the hot weather in summer is coming, but it is only a little hot, not the hottest time. Although light summer is not the hottest season in a year, it is followed by the hottest solar term in a year. There is a folk saying that "it is hot in summer and hot in summer, and it is steamed and cooked". Many places in China have entered the season with the most thunderstorms since summer. Crops all over the country have entered a vigorous growth period, and it is necessary to strengthen field management.

The characteristics of light weather in summer

As the poem says, "The sky is boiling, watching the rain and wind, and occasionally getting a thunderstorm and rainbow". There is always a lotus pond with the same color and taste. "(Heshui Zuo) The average temperature in southern China is generally around 33℃ in the light summer season; In the low-altitude valley area of southeastern South China, the average daily temperature in mid-July is higher than 30℃, and the maximum daily temperature is higher than 35℃. In the northern part of the northwest plateau, frost and snow can still be seen at this time, which is equivalent to the scene of early spring in South China.

Since the beginning of summer, the plum rains in the Jianghuai basin have ended one after another, and the southeast monsoon rainy season from the Pacific Ocean has begun in the vast areas north of the Huaihe River and east of the Qinling Mountains. The precipitation has increased significantly and the rainfall is relatively concentrated. South China, Southwest China and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are also in the southwest monsoon rainy season from the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are generally hot and rainy under the control of subtropical high. In some years, the cold air force in the north is still strong before and after the slight summer heat, and it is evenly matched with the warm air in the south in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, leading to frontal thunderstorms. Thundershowers in summer are often the weather information of "yellow plum falling", which indicates that the rain belt will stay in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River for some time.

What are the custom activities in the hot summer?

1. Taste new rice: it is to mix newly harvested rice with old rice for cooking, also called "eat new", which means to pray for good weather and good harvests.

② Swimming: meaning "blessed", every household will take adults and children out to enjoy the natural scenery and seek good luck.

(3) Fasting: Xiangxi Miao people have this custom, which means that they can't eat chicken, duck, fish, crab and other meat during the period before and after the summer heat.

④ bask in the quilt: At this time, the temperature is high and clothes are easy to dry. So, in the old society, clothes, quilts and so on. Accustomed to exposure to the sun. In the past, there were many calligraphy and painting shops and second-hand bookstores, which would take advantage of the good weather to bask in the sun.

Proverbs about summer solar terms.

1, little yellow crane.

2, the summer heat has passed, and it is hot for three points a day.

3. It thunders in summer and breaks ground in summer.

4, summer heat, summer heat, lazy to do.

5. Planting sesame seeds in summer is the first flower.

6, small summer heat, fruit; If the heat is not hot, the grain will not bear fruit.

7. The slight summer heat shocks the east wind, while the great summer heat shocks Xia Hong.

8. Don't plant potatoes in summer, plant potatoes for nothing.

9. The sun disappears in summer, and the stone is exposed in summer.

10, the rain hits the summer head, and cattle are not needed for 45 days.