This season, which was established in the late Warring States period (239 BC), heralds the change of seasons, and was the day when summer began in ancient times, when the four seasons were divided according to the lunar calendar. For example, "Yi Zhou Shu - the news of the time to solve" cloud: "the day of the summer, mole cricket song. Another five days, earthworms. Another five days, the king melon is born."

This means that in this solar term, you can first hear the chirping sound (or frogs) of the grylls in the fields, then you can see the earthworms digging in the soil, and then the vines of the king's gourds begin to climb and grow rapidly, which describes the weather conditions at the beginning of the Meng Xia period.

The "Monthly Seventy-two Waiting Collection" says: "Li, build the beginning also, summer, false also, things to this time are false large also." The word "false" here means "big", which means that the plants sown in the spring have already grown up.

At the beginning of summer, everything is flourishing. The Ming "lotus eight killed and maimed" book wrote: "the day of Meng Xia, heaven and earth began to intersect, all things and show." At this time, the summer crops into the late growth, winter wheat blossom grouting, rape close to maturity, the summer crop year is basically finalized, so the proverb has a "summer to see the summer" said.

Rice planting as well as other spring crop management has also entered the busy season. Therefore, China has always attached great importance to the summer festival.

Summer has three

The first is the mole cricket, the second is the earthworms, the third is the king melon born; said this festival can be heard in the first mole cricket in the field of the chirping sound (a said frogs), and then on the ground can be seen in the earthworms digging the soil, and then the king melon vines began to climb fast growth.

At this time of year, frogs begin to clamor about the coming of summer, earthworms are busy helping farmers turn over the soil, and wild vegetables in the countryside are all competing with each other to come out of the ground and grow day by day.

The above reference? Baidu Encyclopedia - Rising Summer