Today is the 24 solar terms of heat treatment, so what does heat treatment mean? According to the ancient Chinese explanation, 'Chu', means to go, to leave. As the name suggests, summer heat is the day when the summer heat leaves in a year. So what are the customs and habits of summer solar terms?
What is the meaning of summer heat treatment in 2017
The coming of summer heat treatment means entering the second half of the calendar month. Shenyue is the first month of autumn. Although autumn has come in a sense, the summer heat is still there. Heat treatment is a solar term reflecting the change of temperature. 'Chu' means to hide and stop, 'Chushu' means the end of the hot summer.
Place means to stop or hide. Heat treatment means the end of a hot summer day.
When you are in the heat, you should fight with your fingers. The Yellow meridian of the sun is 150 deg;. By this time the summer heat was over. The heat is about to dissipate. It's a turning point in the temperature drop. It is a symbol of cool climate, indicating the end of summer.
Heat treatment is a solar term reflecting the change of temperature. 'Chu' means to hide and stop, 'Chushu' means the end of the hot summer. The average temperature in Sichuan Basin is generally 1.5 ℃ lower than that in early autumn. In the western part of the basin in late August of a few years, the average daily temperature for more than three consecutive days is below 23 ℃, which may affect the flowering of hybrid rice.
Summer activities
Open Fishing Festival
For the fishermen in the coastal areas, the harvest season after summer vacation is during the summer vacation every year; in the coastal areas of Zhejiang Province, there will be an annual grand Fishing Festival, and it is decided to hold a grand fishing ceremony on the day when the closure of fishing in the East China Sea ends, to send the fishermen off to sea.
River lamp
River lanterns are also called "Lotus lanterns". They are usually placed on the base of lanterns or candles. On the night of the middle Yuan Dynasty, they are placed in rivers, lakes and seas, and allowed to float. The purpose of setting up river lanterns is to protect the drowning ghosts and other ghosts in the water.
Outing to autumn
The folk customs before and after the solar terms of ancestor worship and summer greeting are mostly related to ancestor worship and autumn greeting. Before and after summer, there are folk activities to celebrate Zhongyuan, commonly known as "making July half" or "Zhongyuan Festival". In the old days, there was a ceremony of opening the ghost gate together from the beginning of July. Until the end of the month, when the ghost gate was closed, there would be a universal donation activity.