The difference between hot summer and dog days

Great summer heat, one of the 24 solar terms, is the last solar term in summer. In Dou Wei, the longitude of the sun is 120, which crosses the Gregorian calendar on July 22-24.

Slight summer heat, the eleventh solar term in the twenty-four solar terms, is the end of the afternoon month of the dry calendar and the beginning of the last month. When the sun reaches longitude 105 degrees, it will meet on July 6-8 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

The dog days are mainly a long period of time, including the beginning, the middle and the end, and its date is determined by the solar term date and the dry calendar date.

Second, the climate characteristics are different.

The heat is just around midsummer. The high temperature and summer heat are accompanied by thunderstorms, and it is also very humid and sultry. And the summer heat began to enter the midsummer, which is the so-called "dog days". The dog days generally appear between the hot summer and the hot summer, which is the time when the temperature is the highest and it is humid and sultry in a year.

Three blessings last forever. It was a long summer in early summer. At this time, the weather has not dropped to extreme heat, and the temperature reaches its peak after entering the midsummer, which is unbearable. After entering the terminal and beginning of autumn, the weather gradually turned cold.

Third, customs are different.

In Zhejiang, China, it is a custom to send a "hot boat" in hot summer. The custom of "drinking summer sheep" in southern Shandong. The custom of eating litchi in Putian, Fujian Province is "summer vacation". The custom of Cantonese eating "Cao Xian" in midsummer. The custom of eating pineapple in hot summer in Taiwan Province Province.

In the past, in the south of China, there was a folk custom of "eating new rice in hot summer", that is, after the hot summer, farmers would grind the newly cut rice into rice, cook a meal for offering sacrifices to the five grain gods and ancestors, and then everyone would taste new wine.

The dog days are mainly about eating and drinking, such as eating jiaozi first, eating noodles in the middle, and finally eating pancakes and eggs.