The origin of the solar terms in the great summer heat: the farming civilization in ancient times produced 24 solar terms, and it is believed that the summer heat is divided into small ones at the beginning of the month and large ones in the middle of the month. The custom of solar terms in summer: basking in ginger, drinking tea, burning incense, sending a "summer boat", drinking mutton soup, eating fairy grass and other customs. The summer solar term is sultry, the digestive function of the stomach is weak, and the diet is light. Do not eat fatty, spicy and fried food.

Introduction of great summer heat

The summer heat, one of the twenty-four solar terms and the last solar term in summer, is the most sunny and hottest solar term in a year. At this time, "damp-heat steaming" reaches its peak, and thunderstorms and typhoons occur frequently.

Since ancient times, there has been a folk custom of drinking tea in the dog days of summer. As the name implies, tea in the dog days is tea that is drunk in the dog days. This kind of tea boiled by more than ten kinds of Chinese herbal medicines such as honeysuckle, selfheal and licorice has the function of cooling and dispelling summer heat.

The summer solar term has the highest temperature, the fastest growth of crops, the most frequent droughts, floods and windstorms in most areas, and the tasks of drought, drainage, typhoon prevention and field management are very heavy. Therefore, the people burn incense and pray for good weather and abundant crops.