The meaning of long summer solar terms, 24 solar terms
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The meaning of long summer solar terms
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The meaning of long summer solar terms
Long summer is the seventh of the twenty-four solar terms, which belongs to summer and is also the first solar term in summer, indicating the official start of the summer heat. Of course, summer is just the beginning. The solar term of long summer is when the sun reaches 45 degrees. The bucket refers to the southeast, and the dimension is long in summer. Everything has grown to this day, hence the name Long Summer.
Chang Xia said that summer is coming, and summer is characterized by high temperature. According to the standard of climatology, long summer is only considered when the average temperature reaches 22℃ in five days, but in the long summer season, the temperature in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River (the origin of the 24 solar terms) is just within this range. In this solar term, the summer harvest crops enter the late growth stage, the winter wheat blooms and fills, and the rape is close to maturity, so the agricultural proverb has the saying "See summer in the long summer".