Today is the summer solstice in the traditional 24 solar terms in China, this day the day is the longest and the night is the shortest, the Tang Dynasty poet Wei Yingwu wrote in the "Summer Solstice Summer Resort" North Pool: "The daydial has been extremely cloudy, and the night leak has been long since then." ”
In ancient folk, the summer solstice, known as one of the "four hours and eight festivals", this is an important festival, on this day will be a three-day holiday, the Song Dynasty "Wenchang Miscellaneous Records" has a record, said: "The day of the summer solstice, the hundred officials have a three-day holiday. ”
During this holiday, it is necessary to reunite with relatives to escape the scorching summer heat, which is called Summer. It can be seen how much the ancients attached importance to the summer solstice.
A bowl of noodles to ward off evil and drive away heat on the summer solstice
A bowl of noodles on the summer solstice, which had to be eaten. When it comes to eating noodles on the summer solstice, there are two meanings in this, one is that the fifth month of the lunar calendar in ancient times was called the "evil month", and eating noodles on the summer solstice has the meaning of driving away evil. In this solar term, pasta is used to worship the gods, and sacrifices are made to the gods to pray for a good year. This is recorded in "Zhou Li, Chun Guan": "Take the summer solstice to the local things." Therefore, there has always been a saying among the folk that "after eating summer solstice noodles, one day is shorter".
Second, the summer solstice solar term coincides with the wheat harvest season, and eating a bowl of noodles on this day is to let the hard-working personnel enjoy the fruits of their hard work and enjoy the joy of harvest. Therefore, on this day, the summer solstice noodles have to be eaten, this food is a feeling, but also a beautiful expectation.
Self-consistency gives birth to leisure and looks for joy on the summer solstice
"Summer solstice" is the starting point of midsummer, there are three waits: one waits for the antlers to solve, two waits for the cicadas to start singing, and three waits for half summer. The summer solstice is in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, before June, and is around the Dragon Boat Festival, as the Song Dynasty poet Fan Chengda wrote in "Summer Solstice": "Li He hangs his waist to wish for food, and the rice dumplings are tied to the arms." The festival competition follows the folk customs, and the old man is idle and playful. The summer solstice described in the poem is a kind of self-satisfying pleasure.
And for modern people, let the outside world be noisy and restless, and maintain the joy in the heart in the scorching summer, how important it is
Necessity?
You might as well learn from what the Song Dynasty poet Zhang Lei's "Three Songs of Summer" said: "The wind in the ruins of Changxia Village is clear, and the eaves and teeth of the chaffinch have been generated. Butterfly clothes and pink flowers dance, cobwebs add silk to the corners of the house. The falling curtain invites the moon shadow, and the noisy pillow accepts the sound of the stream. The temples are like frost and snow for a long time, and I want to live this life. ”
Looking for a place of cleanliness and tranquility, away from the noise, and keeping a quiet and far-reaching indifferent feelings, is it also beautiful?
In June, the summer solstice can be watched and played
After the summer solstice, in the rainy time, as Liu Yuxi wrote in the "Bamboo Branches" in the weather, "the sunrise in the east and the rain in the west, the road is sunny but sunny", although there is more rain to accompani, but the scenery after half rain and half sunny is also the most beautiful scenery on the road of life, naturally not to be missed.
The fun of the summer solstice is the clear sound in Liu Changqing's poem: "In the middle of the night, the flag is fluttering, and the crow is waking up from afar." How many times did the tanuki steal the book, when did he hear the chirping? ”
The beauty of the summer solstice is the pool of blue lotus in Yang Wanli's poem: "In the middle of June in Biyi West Lake, the scenery is not the same as the four seasons." The lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red."
From summer to June, lotus flowers bloom, although there are sometimes sunny days and bright sunshine, but also the coolness of wind and rain, what emerges in front of our eyes is a different scenery and beauty.
In the busy life, you can put it down appropriately and find the source of peach blossoms that you yearn for in your heart, just as Wang Anshi's poem "Instant Things" has a quiet and elegant feeling: "Quietly think about the rooster crowing in the afternoon, and the desolate dog barks." When he returned, he told people that it was suspected to be Wu Lingyuan. ”