The origin of the summer

Before and after the new moon of April every year (calendar on May 5-6) between the sun of summer arrived at 45 degrees longitude for lunar solar terms, "refers to the southeast, d for the beginning, all things now all grown up, so the name of summer also."At this time, the sun for 45 degrees longitude, in astronomy, the beginning said farewell to spring, is the beginning of summer day.People used to place on the summer begins as a temperature rise obviously, in the hot summer will, the storm increased, the growth of the crops into the peak period an important solar terms.

If, in fact, according to standard of climatology, daily average temperature stable shengda more than 22 ℃ for the summer, before, during and after the "summer" in our country only fuzhou to the region south of nanling line real "deep long summer, green trees and number crunchers reflection pond" in the summer, and the northeast and northwest parts of this is just coming into the spring, the average temperature in most parts of the country of 18 ~ 20 ℃, it is "every red purple dou wheatgrass" ZhongChunHe spring season.Entered in May, many parts of sophora japonica are open.The summer season, all things flourish.As the lotus born eight which can "are:" Meng Xia day, beginning of heaven and earth, and all things show."At later stage of growth, when the summer harvest crops of winter wheat those grouting, rapeseed is close to mature, the summer harvest crops year basic set, so the farmer's proverb is "the summer begins to see the summer".Rice ZaiCha and other spring sowing crop management also entered the busy season.So, our country ancient attaches great importance to the beginning solar term.According to the record, Zhou Chaoshi, summer day, the emperor to head of military baiguan "ying xia", the suburbs and instruction Stuart officer around to encourage farmers to cultivate.

The rites · enveloped, explanation of summer yue: "cricket darkthrone, earthworms, wang melon, bitter herbs show."In this season, the frog started squabbling with the advent of the summer, the earthworm is busy to help the farmers turned loose soil, the plants of the country could be unearthed are scrambling to each other day by day long climb.When people meet in the early summer sunlight in the morning, walk around the village fields, the sea beach, you will feel the deep feeling of nature from the gentle sunshine.