The next solar term after Autumn is Heat.

The word "立" in "立秋" means "beginning" and "秋" refers to the period when crops are ripe. Autumn means the beginning of fall, when the summer heat goes away and the coolness comes.

Description of the 24 Solar Terms

Lichun: February 4 or 5 every year, the beginning of spring.

Rain: February 19 or 20 every year, when winter goes away and spring comes, the temperature begins to rise, the humidity of the air is increasing, but the cold air activity is still very frequent.

Hibernation: March 5 or 6 every year, referring to the winter hibernation in the earth hibernating creatures began to move. Around the time of the hibernation, it is cold and warm at first, with large changes in both temperature and wind.

Spring Equinox: March 20 or 21 each year, the sun shines directly on the equator, and day and night are almost equal in length. Overwintering crops in vast areas of China will enter the spring growth stage.

Ching Ming: April 4 or 5 every year, the temperature rises, the weather gradually warm.

Grain Rain: April 20 or 21 every year, more rain, conducive to the growth of cereals.

Lixia: May 5 or 6 every year, everything grows and thrives.

Small Full: May 21 or 22 every year, wheat and other summer crops at this time the grains begin to be full, but not ripe.

Manshi: June 5 or 6 every year, when the sun moves to 75 degrees of yellow longitude. Wheat and other awned crops are ripe for seed collection.

Summer Solstice: June 21 or 22 every year, sunlight directly to the Tropic of Cancer, the "sun north to the sun, long to the sun, the sun's shadow is short to", so it is called "summer solstice".

Small summer: July 7 or 8 every year, into the summer, marking the entry into the hot season in most parts of China.

Da summer: July 22 or 23 each year, just before and after the middle of the ambush. This period is the hottest period of the year in large areas of China, but there are also anomalous years, "the great summer heat is not hot," with more rain.

Autumn: On August 7 or 8 each year, grasses and trees begin to bear fruit and it is harvest time.

Summer: August 23 or 24 every year, "at" for the end of the meaning, to the summer is coming to an end, the weather will become cooler. As it is the time of the fall harvest, precipitation is very valuable.