When is the summer solstice of 202 1?

According to the astronomical calendar of China, the "Summer Solstice Day" was ushered in on June 2 1 day1:32, Beijing time. In this section, frogs burst, cicadas burst, rice flowers are white and lotus flowers are red.

Luo, a historian and researcher at Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences, said that when the sun reaches 90 degrees on June 2 1 or 22 of the Gregorian calendar every year, it is generally a "summer solstice".

Judging from the operation of celestial bodies, on the day of "Summer Solstice", the noon sunlight almost directly hits the tropic of cancer of the earth, and the daytime in the northern hemisphere is the longest, and the farther north it is, the longer it is. After the "summer solstice", the position where the sun shines directly on the earth gradually moves southward, and the days in the northern hemisphere gradually shorten.

There is a folk proverb that "after eating the summer solstice, the line is getting shorter every day." It is said that after the summer solstice, the days become shorter and shorter, and every day, sewing becomes less and less.

The custom of summer solstice

1. Sacrifice to gods and ancestors: Wheat is harvested from summer solstice. Since ancient times, people used to celebrate the harvest at this time and offer sacrifices to ancestors to pray for a bumper harvest.

2, cold food to escape the heat: In summer, people like to nourish cold food to escape the heat, so people generally drink cold soup, herbal tea, sour plum soup and other more traditional and very sweet foods.

3. Eat "wheat zongzi": Eating "wheat zongzi" is a custom in Jiangnan area. According to "Wujiang County Records", on the solstice of summer, after the sacrifice, we should not only eat "wheat zongzi", but also give each other gifts.

4. Eat wonton: On the day of summer solstice, Wuxi people eat porridge in the morning and wonton at noon, which means chaos and harmony. There is a saying: The summer solstice wonton is the winter solstice group, and the Ankang people in the four seasons get together. After eating wonton, they weigh their children and hope that they will gain weight healthily.

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