Today’s Summer Solstice: The midsummer is here as promised – Passionategeekz

Passionategeekz June 21st news, today welcoming the summer solstice solar term. On the summer solstice, the sun hits the ground directly to the northernmost end of the year, almost directly to the Tropic of Cancer. At this time, the daytime time in all parts of the northern hemisphere reaches the longest year. “When the sun is long and the shadow of the sun is short, the arrival is the extreme, so it is called the summer solstice.”

The summer solstice is usually on June 21 or 22 each year. The summer solstice, as the name suggests, is the hottest season is coming. In other words, after the summer solstice, the weather will be even hotter. Please don’t forget to prepare for preventing heat and cooling.

After eating summer solstice noodles, the day is shorter. The night is the shortest, and may happiness be the longest.

The summer is coming

From an astronomical perspective, on the summer solstice, the Tropic of Cancer and the areas north of it will also usher in the day at the highest sun at noon of the year. In Beijing, the summer solstice can last up to 15 hours during the day, and the sun is as high as 73°32′ at noon.

On this day, the northern hemisphere received the most solar radiation, nearly twice as much as the southern hemisphere. However, from another perspective, since the “longest” daytime time in the year has been reached, it means that the daytime time will gradually shorten again in the future. As the ancient poem says: “The clouds are already at the end of the day, and the night is leaking from now on. The green clouds still contain powder, and the round lotus begins to disperse the fragrance.”

The origin of summer solstice

The summer solstice is the earliest solar term to be identified among the twenty-four solar terms. In the seventh century BC, our ancestors used Tu Gui to measure the sun’s shadow and determined the summer solstice. According to the “Copy of Ke Zun Xiandu”: “The sun reaches north, and the sun reaches long, and the shadow of the sun is short, so it is called the summer solstice. The arrival is the ultimate.”

There is also an interesting folk legend about the summer solstice. The editor of Passionategeekz might as well tell you about it.

It is said that a long time ago, a family raised a girl. The girl had great skills in needlework. Because of her skillfulness, her family named her Qiaojieer. Qiaojie’er not only looks pretty and dignified, but also has a kind heart, and has superb needlework and embroidery skills. Therefore, when Qiaojie’er became an adult, the families who asked for marriage were one after another. In the end, the family chose to marry Qiaojie’er to the Zhao Caizhu’s family in the village.

On the third day after marriage, according to custom, Qiaojie’er should be accompanied by her son-in-law to go back to the door, that is, to go back to her parents’ home. Before going back, Zhao Caizhu’s father-in-law, mother-in-law and husband were ordered by Qiaojie to make ten pairs of socks, ten pairs of shoes and ten cigarette purses before the sun sets. The kind Qiaojie thought this was true, so she returned to her parents’ home and didn’t care about reunion with her family, so she started working to do these things. As a result, when the sun set that day, Qiao Jie’er only made seven pairs of socks, seven pairs of shoes and seven cigarette purses, and she couldn’t finish it. Qiao Jie was so anxious that she cried out. At this time, an old lady came into the room. After learning about Qiao Jie’s situation, she said, “Don’t worry, I’ll help you.”

The old lady borrowed a red silk thread from Qiaojie and threw it into the sky. As a result, the red silk thread flew farther and farther until it flew to the sun, circled around the sun, and tied the sun, just like flying a kite. When the sun was about to set towards the west mountain, Qiaojie gently pulled the red line, and the sun was pulled to the east again, so that the day would be extended. With the help of the old lady, Qiaojie finally completed the task and won the love of her father-in-law and family. But since then, my parents-in-law asked Qiaojie to do more needlework. Finally one day, when half of the sun sets, the red silk thread in Qiaojie’s hand floats gently and takes Qiaojie to the clouds in the sky. The people in her husband’s family can’t catch Qiaojie no matter what, and Qiaojie flies to the sky without hesitation.

Later, this day was called the Summer Solstice.

Summer solstice climate

After the summer solstice, the ground is heated strongly and the air convection is vigorous. Thunderstorms are often easily formed from afternoon to evening. This kind of hot thunderstorm comes and goes quickly, with a small rainfall range, and people call it “summer rain across the fields.” Heavy rainfall caused by convective airflow often leads to meteorological disasters.

The summer solstice is in the Jianghuai area, which is the plum rain season. The air is very humid, and the cold and warm air mass meets here and forms a low-pressure trough, resulting in continuous rainy weather. In such weather, the objects become moldy and the human body feels uncomfortable. Some mosquitoes reproduce very quickly, and some intestinal bacteria are also easy to breed.

The most important feature during the summer solstice is “hot”. After the summer solstice, although the direct sunlight point gradually moves southward. However, since the heat radiated to the ground by the sun still emits more than the ground facing the air, the temperature will continue to rise for a period of time in the future, which is what people often call sauna weather.

Summer solstice health

After the summer solstice, the weather will be very hot, and how to prevent heat and cool down is the focus of health preservation during this period. First of all, “the mind is calm and cool.” During the summer solstice, you should try to keep your mood happy and avoid irritability, excitement or tension.

During the summer solstice, people tend to have dry mouth and tongue, and have a strong temper, and people tend to lose appetite. At this time, it is suitable to eat light foods to make them appetizing and cool down. For example, mung bean soup, mung beans are sweet and cold, and have the effects of clearing the heart and diuresis, cooling heat and quenching thirst, clearing heat and detoxifying. Eating mung bean porridge frequently in summer is best to relieve heat and nourish the stomach. In addition, there are lotus leaves, which have the effect of relieving heat and filth. In summer, if you use fresh lotus leaves to curry and take it, fresh lotus leaves to steam rice, or make tea with fresh lotus leaves to clear the heat and dampness. In addition, green leafy vegetables and fruits with high moisture content are good choices, such as cabbage, bitter melon, loofah, cucumber, etc., which are all good foods to strengthen the stomach.

Summer solstice customs

There are many customs on the summer solstice, and the most popular one is eating noodles. Most parts of our country have the custom of eating noodles in the summer solstice. Pan Rongbi of the Qing Dynasty recorded in “The Emperor’s Sui Shi Ji Sheng”: “On that day, every furniture ate cold noodles, which is commonly said to be water surface… “There is also the saying among the people that “I have eaten summer solstice noodles, and the day is shorter.” Of course, the customs of eating noodles in different regions are also different. For example, people in Beijing like to eat fried noodles with sauce. In some places in the south, the noodles are often spelled into pancakes, and then roasted with bean pods, vegetables, tofu and bacon, so that they can worship their ancestors first, and then eat them after worshiping them. They can also be given to relatives and friends.

The wheat harvest is the summer solstice. Since ancient times, there has been a custom of celebrating a bumper harvest and worshiping ancestors at this time, in order to eliminate disasters and be prosperous in the year. Therefore, as a festival, the summer solstice was included in the ancient rituals of sacrifice to the gods. “The Book of Zhou Li・Spring Officials” records: “When summer arrives, local things are seldom seen.” The Summer Solemn sacrifices to the gods in the Zhou Dynasty, which means to clear away famine, hunger and death. The summer solstice is after the wheat harvest. The farmers not only thank God for the harvest, but also pray for the “Autumn Retribution”. Around the summer solstice, some places hold grand “Summer Mai” as the remains of ancient “Summer Festival” activities.

In some places, it is popular to weigh weights this day. It is said that after weighing on the summer solstice, you will not be afraid of high temperatures and hot summers. There are very few customs for weighing the summer solstice, but in ancient times, there was a shortage of doctors and medicines, and once you get sick, it would be difficult to recover quickly. People have a special liking for weighing the summer solstice. This also embodies people’s good wishes to be healthy and long-lasting. When weighing, men, women, young and old lined up to weigh each other, and some people reported the weight, and the scene was very lively.

This article is from “Today’s summer solstice: the clouds are over the sunset, the cicadas are restless and quiet》, slightly modified.

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