Xiaoxia is the eleventh solar term of the 24 solar terms, and it is also the end of the noon moon of the Ganzhi calendar and the beginning of the next month; When the sun reaches 105° of ecliptic longitude, it is a small heat.
夏, which means hot. The heat is a little hot, not very hot. It means that the weather is starting to get hot, but it's not the hottest yet.
Although the summer heat is not the hottest season of the year, it is followed by the hottest season of the year.
Three Weathers
Wait for the warm wind to arrive
After the summer day, there is no longer a cool breeze on the earth, but all the winds carry heat waves.
The second waits for the crickets to live in the sky
Five days later, due to the heat, the crickets left the field and went to the corner of the courtyard to escape the heat.
Three migratory eagles
After another five days, the eagles moved in the cool air due to the high temperature on the ground.
mores
1. The people have the custom of drying calligraphy, paintings, and clothes. There is a folk proverb: "On June 6, people dry their clothes and dragons dry their robes." Before and after the summer heat, the sunshine time is long, and the sunlight radiation is the strongest, so every household will invariably choose this day to "sunshine", and dry the clothes, calligraphy and paintings stored in the cabinet to the outside to receive the sun's exposure, so as to remove moisture, dampness, mildew and moth. Therefore, there is a saying that "June 6, sunbathing red and green", and "red and green" refers to all kinds of colorful clothes.
2. The arrival of the new summer means that the hot weather in summer is about to begin. In order to cope with the coming hot climate and express gratitude for the first round of grain harvest, Chinese society has gradually developed customs such as "eating new" and "sacrificing to the god of grains" over thousands of years. "Eating new" means tasting new rice after the summer heat, and after the farmers grind the freshly cut rice into rice, they make a meal to worship the gods of the five grains and their ancestors, expressing their gratitude to nature and their ancestors, and then everyone eats and tastes new wine.
3. There are many places in the mainland to "wander" the custom of "wandering" every summer. On the first day of summer every year, Jiajia Huhu has to help the old and the young, go out to play, and enjoy the natural mountain flowers and wild grasses. Because the word "Fu" and the word "Fu" have the same sound, "Youfu" is also "Youfu", which is the meaning of "blessed".
4 Eat lotus root has always been, the folk have the custom of eating lotus root in the summer heat, the lotus root contains a lot of carbohydrates and rich calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc. and a variety of vitamins, Vc potassium and dietary fiber are more, with the effect of clearing heat and nourishing blood and removing annoyance, suitable for summer to eat fresh lotus root to simmer over low heat, add an appropriate amount of honey after slicing, can be eaten at will, has the effect of calming the nerves and falling asleep, can cure blood deficiency and insomnia.
Word meaning analysis
The oracle bone inscription and the golden script are like the shape of fine dust and sand particles, which is the original text of the sand character.
By extension, it means small, as opposed to large.
The character "summer" was first seen in the Warring States period.
Xu Shen's "Saying Words and Interpreting Words": "Summer, heat." From the voice of the sun. ”
It means hot, as opposed to "cold".
Poetry appreciation
"Cooling the Heat" [Tang Dynasty] Why did Bai Juyi eliminate the heat and live in a courtyard. There is nothing long in front of you, and there is a breeze under the window. The heat is dissipated from the heart, and the cool is empty. At this time, it is difficult to be more with others.
"Bitter Heat" [Song Dynasty] Lu Youwanwa's scales are like a fire dragon, and the daily car does not move and sweat melts. Outside the atmosphere of the feather feather, sit in the steaming kettle. The cold spring of the stone stream is empty, and the curling fan is useless. Yu Wei is still terrifying to the evening, and the sun is full of red after bathing.
"No Rain in Summer" [Song Dynasty] There is no rain in the mountains of Shiqisong, and the clouds are shining every day. The small summer heat is the big summer, and the deep stream becomes a shallow stream. The spring is dry and the bottom of the well is dry, and the geothermal heat is full of vegetables. There is no way to ask the will of heaven, and the water birds cry in the air.