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Is the summer of solstice the beginning of summer?

The solstice of summer is not the beginning of summer.

The solstice of summer is neither the beginning nor the end of summer, but the longest day of summer. This is the fourth solar term in summer, and its arrival symbolizes the beginning of a really hot summer. Long summer is the beginning of summer. First of all, you should know the time of summer solstice, and you will know why summer solstice is not the beginning of summer. When the sun moves to 90 degrees of the yellow meridian, it is the summer solstice.

On the solstice of summer, the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Cancer. At this time, the daylight hours in all parts of the northern hemisphere reach the longest in the whole year. It's already hot summer, so it's not long summer. Summer solstice is hot and rainy, but there will be drought in some areas during summer solstice, so people in the past will collect rainwater during this solar term. There is also the folk custom of eating noodles from summer solstice, also called sleeping noodles. After the summer solstice, the temperature will continue to rise for some time, and about twenty or thirty days is the hottest weather.