When is it hot in summer?
Long summer is the 14th solar term among the 24 solar terms, and autumn is the second solar term. Dou Zhiwu (Southwest); The solar meridian reaches150; August 22-24 of the Gregorian calendar every year. Summer has arrived, which is the "last summer" in the "three summers" of hot and hot weather, which means that the hot and difficult weather is coming to an end.
After the summer heat, the direct point of the sun continued to move southward, the solar radiation weakened, the subtropical high retreated southward, and the summer heat gradually disappeared. Thunderstorm activity is not as active as summer, and the general trend of rainstorm in all parts of the country is weakened. There are many folk activities in summer, such as eating ducks, setting off river lanterns, opening fishing festivals, decocting medicinal tea and offering sacrifices to the land.
Some ancient literary works in China divided the summer heat into three stages: "The eagle is a sacrificial bird; Second, wait for the beginning of heaven and earth; San Hou wo nai Deng "In this solar term, eagles began to prey on birds in large numbers; Everything between heaven and earth began to wither; " "Henaideng" refers to the general term of millet, millet, rice and sorghum crops, and "Deng" means maturity, such as "five grains are abundant".