Shuo Wen Jie Zi in the Eastern Han Dynasty explains that "summer heat" means heat, and it is also called "summer heat, boiling, and heat like cooking" in another book devoted to the origin of things. The image describes the characteristics of "sauna day" at this time, hot and humid. The folk have also been circulating the saying that "the summer heat is small, but it is big, and steaming is cooking". As the saying goes, "it's summer from March to Sunday", and "dog days" is the first solar term in summer. The high temperature and heat wave swept across the country, and the "steaming and baking" mode was started everywhere. The Book of Songs records that crickets are in the wild in July and in space in August. At this time (August is June in the summer calendar, the solar term in hot summer), even crickets left the fields and hid in the corner of the yard for the summer.
People are keen on all kinds of seats and rankings. In the twenty-four solar terms, there are also differences between extreme cold and extreme heat, that is, extreme cold and extreme heat. "It's not hot, it's been hot for three days." The ancients thought that during midsummer, the heat was still very small and had not reached the extreme heat level, so it was called "Great Summer". However, China has a vast territory, and there are significant differences in climate characteristics in different regions. Many people are interested in "Is summer solar terms hotter than summer solar terms?" Therefore, the author statistically analyzed the climatic data of more than 600 ground weather stations in China 196 1 2020, and found that the average temperature of summer hot solar terms is the highest in more than 80% of the country, followed by summer hot solar terms, and only Guangxi, Guangdong and Yunnan are the hottest. Therefore, the ancient division of summer heat and summer heat is still very suitable for most parts of China. The agricultural proverb "summer heat is connected with summer heat, and there is nowhere to hide."
When the rain is hot, everything grows wildly.
Heavy rain, local heavy precipitation and frequent extreme precipitation events are another remarkable feature of summer solar terms. In the hot summer, the southwestern part of South China and the southwestern part of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are affected by the Indian Ocean and the southwestern part of the South China Sea, and the northern part is affected by the southeast monsoon of the Pacific Ocean, all of which enter the rainy season, and the rainfall increases obviously and is relatively concentrated. At the same time, tropical cyclone activity and the convergence of cold and warm air masses lead to frequent extreme precipitation events. Most areas in the south have entered the season with the most thunderstorms, and large-scale heavy rainfall often occurs in North China, accompanied by strong convective weather such as short-term heavy precipitation, thunderstorms and strong winds. On the contrary, with the end of hot and rainy summer and the beginning of summer drought, the Jianghuai basin is characterized by drought in eastern South China and waterlogging in western China. At the same time, the ancients also found that if the solar terms in the Jianghuai area thunder and rain, it indicates that the plum rain will last for some time and there will be "plum falling" weather. Therefore, there are still "Little Xia Lei Plum Blossoms" circulating in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. It takes 18 days to water Huangmei, and there are 72 wild Huangmei plants in full swing.
For plants, the climatic conditions in which intense heat, solar terms and rain and heat coexist ensure the photosynthesis and transpiration of plants. At this time, everything grows wildly under the illumination of nature and the nourishment of warm water. Agricultural proverb "a little summer, the fruit will bear fruit;" This is the truth of "summer heat is not hot, grain is not abundant" and "rice in the pot on rainy days" At this time, special attention should be paid to the field management to prevent high temperature and heat damage, drought and flood and pests and diseases in agricultural production.
Eat new vegetables in summer, and jiaozi eats sheep.
In the hot summer, the customs of "eating new dishes" and "offering sacrifices to the god of five grains" are popular all over the south. After the newly cut rice is ground into rice, farmers cook a good meal for the grain god and ancestors to express their gratitude for the bumper harvest and ancestors. In the meantime, please bless the good weather. The custom of "eating new things and offering sacrifices to the gods" in bamboo slips can be traced back to the end of Song Dynasty. At that time, due to war and famine, Hakkas moved south from the Central Plains and their lives were constantly displaced. Later, after they settled in the south, in order to commemorate their ancestors, they formed the custom of eating new sacrifices to the gods with mature early rice in summer.
There is a saying in the north that "the first jiaozi covers, and the third egg stalls pancakes". It is the favorite food of jiaozi people in the north, and there must be jiaozi on holidays.
Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and other regions have the custom of "supporting Yang Festival". Sheep Festival is a traditional festival in China. It is said that it began in the Yao and Shun era, from the first day of autumn every year to the end of autumn. It has become one of the most important food festivals in China. Peng Zu Sheep Festival is held every year in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, and there is also a sheep culture festival in Shandong Province. In 20021year, the custom of eating sheep in Xuzhou was included in the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects. "Mutton is ginseng in June (lunar calendar)", and the ancients thought that the nutritional value of mutton in Futian was extremely high. There is a saying circulating in southern Shandong and northern Shandong: "Give sheep a bowl of soup in summer without a doctor prescribing medicine".
Xiao Shu pays attention to new food and meditation. In hot summer, you should complain less and observe more, listen to cicadas and enjoy the cool in the hot sun. With the passage of solar terms, nature has given Xiao Shu many interesting changes. When we look up in the busy life, we will see the sunset, the starry sky at night, the rainbow after the rain, the same crops in a day, and the casual cool breeze, which will bring us unexpected surprises.