Slight summer heat is the eleventh solar term of the twenty-four solar terms, the end of the afternoon month in the trunk and branch calendar and the beginning of the last month. Dou refers to Xin, the sun reaches 15 degrees of the yellow meridian, and the festival is held on July 6-8 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

Summer heat means hot, and a little summer heat is a little hot, not very hot. Although the light summer is not the hottest season in a year, it is followed by the hottest solar term in a year. There is a folk saying that "the light summer is hot and the summer is hot, steaming on it and cooking on it". Many places in China have entered the season with the most thunderstorms since the summer heat.

phenology of slight summer heat

The three phases of slight summer heat are: "When the warm wind arrives; Second, wait for the cricket to live in the space; The third waiting eagle begins to crow. " In the summer, there is no longer a cool breeze on the earth, but all the winds carry heat waves; The Book of Songs? In July, the words describing crickets are "July is in the wild, August is in Yu, September is in the house, and October crickets enter my bed."

The August mentioned in this article is June in the summer calendar, that is, during the solar term in the light summer. Because of the heat, the crickets left the field and went to the corner of the courtyard to escape the heat. In this solar term, the eagle moves in the cool high air because the ground temperature is too high.

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xiaoshu