When is the hottest time in summer?

It's hotter in summer. Summer is the twelfth of the twenty-four solar terms and the second half of the official calendar. It comes between July 22nd and 24th of the Gregorian calendar every year, and it is the hottest season of the year.

Lunan "drinks summer sheep". In southern Shandong, there is a custom of "drinking summer sheep" (that is, drinking mutton soup) on the day of summer heat. In Zaozhuang city, many citizens go to the local mutton soup kitchen to "drink summer sheep" in the hot summer.

Zhejiang sent a "summer boat". Sending a "summer boat" is a traditional folk custom in Zhejiang coastal areas, especially in many fishing villages in Taizhou. Its significance is to send the "five saints" out of the sea and protect people from the heat. When sending the "Summer Boat", there are also colorful folk art performances.

The activity of sending a "summer boat" in summer has a history of hundreds of years in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province. The "Summer Boat" was built according to the full scale of the old three-masted sailboat. It is 8 meters long, 2 meters wide and weighs about 1.5 tons. It carries all kinds of sacrifices.