The characteristics of the Lixia Festival: the temperature rises significantly, the heat is approaching, thunderstorms increase, and crops enter the peak season of growth.

After the beginning of summer, it officially enters the rainy season, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, where both the amount of rain and the number of rainy days increase significantly. Spring, summer growth, autumn harvest, winter storage, summer is the best season for many crops to grow vigorously, sufficient light and suitable temperature and abundant rainfall to provide plants with the necessary conditions. Monsoon climate is the main feature of China's climate, summer by the influence of warm and humid airflow from the ocean, high temperature, humidity and rain, rain and heat at the same time, is conducive to crop growth. Crops enter a stage of vigorous growth in summer.

North China, Northwest China and other places where the temperature rises quickly, but precipitation is still not much, coupled with windy, strong evaporation, atmospheric dryness and soil drought often seriously affect the normal growth of crops.

The average temperature in most parts of the country is around 18-20 degrees Celsius.

Lixia, the seventh of the twenty-four solar terms, the first solar term of summer, the intersection of the festival time in the annual calendar May 05-07 days. At this time, the handle of the Big Dipper points to the southeast, and the sun's yellow longitude reaches 45°. The beginning of summer, is marked everything into the peak season of growth of an important festival.