What are the solar terms in May?

May has two solar terms, Long Summer and Xiaoman.

Long summer is the seventh solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar and the first solar term in summer, which marks the official start of the season in Xia Meng. Astronomically, Chang Xia said that bidding farewell to spring is the beginning of summer. When the temperature rises obviously, the summer heat comes, thunderstorms increase and crops enter the peak season, people are used to taking long summer as an important solar term.

Summer is full of mountains, and summer is connected. Connected with the long summer, with awns coming, Xiaoman's arrival seems to be as plump as its name. Small and complete, things are small and incomplete. At this time, the seeds of summer crops such as wheat have begun to be full, but they are not yet mature, so they are called small full.

Extended data:

In the long summer, the temperature in the north and south of China is very different, and fluctuates frequently in the same area. The temperature in the rest of South China is around 20℃. The low-altitude valley felt hot in summer as early as mid-April, and the temperature in long summer was above 24℃. ?

In the long summer, everything is thriving. At this time, the summer harvest crops entered the late growth stage, the winter wheat blossomed and filled, the rape was close to maturity, and the summer harvest crops were basically a foregone conclusion that year. Therefore, there is a saying in agricultural proverbs that "see summer in the long summer".

The word "summer" in "long summer" means "big", which means that the plants sown in spring have grown upright. On the long summer day, the ancient emperor would lead officials to the southern suburbs of Beijing to welcome the summer and hold a ceremony to welcome the summer. The monarch and his subjects all wear red ceremonial costumes and red jade ornaments, and even horses and car flags should be red to express their desire and good wishes for a bumper harvest.

Every year from May 20th to 22nd, when the sun reaches 60 degrees, it is in full bloom. The main weather characteristics before and after Xiaoman are high temperature, high humidity and rainy. Therefore, it is extremely important to prevent heat and moisture, and attention should be paid to mildew prevention in food, clothing, housing and transportation. In addition, warm and cold weather meet frequently before and after Xiaoman, and strong convective weather also occurs from time to time. We should be especially alert to heavy rain, strong winds, lightning and other weather.

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