About the Great Heat

About the Great Heat, the Great Heat among the twenty-four solar terms is the hottest time of the year. Many people only know about the Great Heat. Because it is very hot, other knowledge is very unfamiliar. Let me give you a brief introduction to the Great Heat. Contents of Great Heat 1

Great Heat is one of the twenty-four solar terms in the lunar calendar. The sun is located at 120° of the ecliptic longitude. During the Great Heat, Chinese people have customs such as drinking fu tea, drying fu ginger, burning fu incense, and drinking mutton soup.

In ancient my country, the Great Heat was divided into three periods: "In the first period, the rotten grasses become fireflies; in the second period, the soil is moist and the heat is moist; in the third period, it rains heavily." There are about 2,000 kinds of fireflies in the world, divided into aquatic and terrestrial. There are two types of fireflies. The terrestrial fireflies lay their eggs on dry grass. During the hot weather, fireflies hatch out of their eggs. Therefore, the ancients believed that fireflies were transformed from rotten grass.

The second period means that the weather begins to become muggy and the land is also very humid. The third period means that heavy thunderstorms often occur. This heavy rain weakens the summer humidity and the weather begins to transition to the beginning of autumn.

“The rice is smiling in the fields, and people are jumping in the house.” The high temperature in midsummer is very beneficial to the growth of crops, but it has obvious adverse effects on people’s work, production, study, and life. .

Generally speaking, on hot days when the maximum temperature is higher than 35℃, more people suffer from heat stroke. On hot days when the maximum temperature reaches above 37°C, the number of people suffering from heat stroke will increase dramatically.

Content 2 of Great Heat

Meaning of Great Heat

Great Heat, one of the twenty-four solar terms, is the last solar term in summer. Every year between July 22nd and 23rd in the Gregorian calendar, the sun reaches 120° in the lunar calendar, which is the Great Summer solar term. Like Xiaoshu, Dashu is also a season that reflects the heat of summer, while Dashu means that the weather is extremely hot.

The ancient Chinese divided the Great Heat into three periods: "The first period is when the rotting grass becomes fireflies; the second period is when the soil is moist and the heat is moist; the third period is when it rains heavily." The solar term of the Great Heat coincides with the "middle volts" in the "dog days" "Before and after, it is the hottest period of the year, with the highest temperatures and the fastest growth of crops. At the same time, droughts, floods, wind disasters and other meteorological disasters are also the most frequent in many areas. The tasks of rushing to harvest and planting, fighting drought and floods, preventing typhoons, and field management are very heavy.

During the Great Summer Festival, there are customs such as sun-drying ginger, drinking Fu tea, burning incense, and sending "Great Summer Boats". The weather is hot and humid at this time, which can easily cause the body to become overly damp. In maintaining good health, we should not only know how to prevent heatstroke and cool down, but also focus on removing dampness.

The origin of the Great Heat

"The Collection of Seventy-Two Hours of the Moon Order" says: "Summer means heat. It is divided into large and small in terms of heat. The small at the beginning of the month and the small in the middle of the month. If it is big, the heat will be great now. "

"Tongwei·Xiaojingyinshenqi" says: "Fifteen days after the minor summer heat, it will not be the major summer heat, and the minor summer heat will be extreme. The heat is divided into big and small, the first and last are small, and the second is big."

Dou Zhi B is the Great Heat. At this time, the weather is more severe than the Lesser Heat, so it is called Great Heat.

Customs of sending "Great Summer Boats" in Zhejiang during the Great Summer

The activity of sending "Great Summer Boats" in the Great Summer has a history of hundreds of years along the coast of Taizhou, Zhejiang. The "Great Summer Boat" was built entirely on a scaled-down version of an old three-masted sailboat, and it carried various sacrifices. After the event started, more than 50 fishermen took turns carrying the "Great Summer Boat" and marched through the streets with loud trumpets and firecrackers, and the streets were lined with crowds of people praying for blessings. The "Great Summer Boat" was finally transported to the dock for a series of blessing ceremonies. Subsequently, the "Great Summer Boat" was pulled out of the fishing port by a fishing boat, then set alight on the sea and allowed to rise and fall, in order to wish people a good harvest and a healthy life. People in Jiaojiang, Taizhou also have the custom of eating ginger juice mixed with eggs during the summer season. Ginger juice can remove moisture from the body, and ginger juice mixed with eggs is "replenishing". Some elderly people also like to eat chicken porridge, which is said to be able to replenish yang.

Drinking mutton soup in Shandong

Many areas in Shandong have the custom of drinking mutton soup on the day when the Great Heat comes. In Zaozhuang City, many citizens go to the local mutton soup restaurant to drink mutton soup on this hot day.

Why do Shandong people drink mutton soup in the Great Heat?

It is understood that the habit of drinking sheep soup is related to local farming and climate.

Zaozhuang is a famous wheat-producing area. When the harvest begins, the wheat harvest ends. When new wheat comes on the market, there is a short agricultural slack period. People want to take a rest at this time. At that time, there was a shortage of materials in the countryside, so some people would be cruel and kill a sheep just to eat a new wheat steamed bun. He didn't want to eat it, so he took his married daughter back and ate new wheat steamed buns and drank mutton soup. Over time, the folk custom of drinking mutton soup in the summer has formed.

Eating jelly grass in Guangdong

Many places in Guangdong have the custom of "eating jelly grass" during the summer season. Fairy grass, also known as jelly grass and fairy grass, is an important medicinal and edible plant resource and is known as "fairy grass". It is called jelly in Guangdong and is a dessert to relieve summer heat. Because the weather is hot during the Great Heat, grass jelly can cool down the heat, so we gradually developed the habit of eating grass jelly during the heat.