What is the most abundant day of the year?
As one of the 24 solar terms, Long Summer represents the official node of long summer. In the traditional culture of China, spring represents the germination and growth of all things, and summer represents the heyday of growth. After the long summer, the sunshine is more abundant, the temperature rises gradually, and everything on the earth enters the season of rapid growth.
In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, Yang Qi is a concept corresponding to Yin Qi. Yang Qi represents the characteristics of being active, extroverted, enthusiastic, rising and spreading. In the long summer, the yang gradually increases, reaching the highest peak of the year. At this time, the sun rises earlier and sets later than other seasons, and the days are longer and the weather is warm. The human body's yang is also gradually flourishing. At this time, we should pay attention to the reasonable adjustment of the body to adapt to the characteristics of summer.
Long summer is an important solar term, and people will hold some celebrations and traditional activities on this day. For example, in some parts of China, people will eat a kind of food called "long summer rice" in the long summer to pray for health and safety. At the same time, people will also do some outdoor activities, such as mountaineering and outing, and enjoy the sunshine in May and the beautiful scenery of nature.
Long summer just means that the sun be the spirit gradually increases to the peak, which does not mean that the sun be the spirit will stop growing after that. The rise and fall of yang is a seasonal cyclical process. With the deepening of summer, the yang will gradually decrease until the next solar term-little summer, when the period of high temperature and high humidity begins.
The origin of solar terms
The origin of the 24 solar terms can be traced back to the ancient farming culture in China. In farming society, people need to guide farming activities and judge the timing according to astronomical phenomena and natural changes. Smart farmers in ancient times noticed that the location of direct sunlight and the length of day and night changed regularly every year, thus forming the division of 24 solar terms.
The division of the twenty-four solar terms is greatly influenced by China's ancient philosophy of Yin-Yang and Five Elements. Every solar term is closely related to the changes in nature and human health. By observing the positions of the sun, the moon and the stars and the weather changes, people can arrange farming according to the solar terms, celebrate festivals and keep healthy.