Today is Lixia in 24 solar terms. What's the difference between Lixia and the summer solstice? Generally speaking, Lixia and the summer solstice are two different solar terms. Although they are both in summer, they are different in time. Let's take a look at it with sihai.com.
What's the difference between Lixia and summer solstice
Lixia: it is the seventh solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, and the first solar term in summer, indicating the official start of the Mengxia season. When the sun reaches 45 degrees of the Yellow longitude, it is the Lixia solar term. Dou refers to the southeast, which is called Lixia. Everything has grown up so far, so it's called Lixia. Summer starts on May 5 or 6 every year.
Summer solstice: the 10th solar term in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar, on June 21 or 22 of each year. On the day of the summer solstice, the Sun runs to 90 degrees of the Yellow longitude (the summer solstice, currently in Gemini). The position of the sun directly on the ground reaches the northernmost end of the year, almost directly on the Tropic of cancer. At this time, the daylight time in the Northern Hemisphere reaches the longest in the whole year.
Different climatic characteristics
Lixia: Lixia means to say goodbye to spring, which is the beginning of summer. It means that the temperature will rise significantly, the summer will come, thunderstorms will increase, and crops will enter an important solar term of peak season growth.
Summer solstice: in addition to the high temperature, it also means that the ground is heated strongly and the air convection is strong after the summer solstice. Thunderstorms are often formed from afternoon to evening. In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Yangtze and Huaihe river basins, there will be frequent rainstorms and flood disasters. There will be rainy weather in Jianghuai area.
Different customs and eating characteristics
Lixia:
In the folk, people drink cold drinks to cool down in summer. In summer, there is a custom of tasting three delicacies in Jiangnan. Some places also have the custom of naming people in summer. It's said that people eat eggs to support their hearts in summer. Because the shape of the egg is like the heart, people think that eating the egg can protect the heart and spirit from loss. Lixia is the hot summer, in order not to lose weight in the hot summer, Lixia should supplement. There is also the custom of weighing people after eating lunch in summer. People hang a big wooden scale at the entrance of the village or in the gate, and a stool is hung on the scale hook. People take turns to sit on the bench and weigh people. The steelyard man is talking auspicious words while he is beating the scales. The old man of the scale wants to say 'scale flower 87, live to 91'.
the summer solstice:
'wheat dumplings' and' summer solstice cakes' are the common food customs of Jiangnan summer solstice, generally including wheat dumplings, corns, plums, wonton, noodle soup, etc. "Wujiang county annals": "on the summer solstice, when you make rice dumplings, you pay for them before you sacrifice them. 'not only eat' rice dumplings', but also give 'rice dumplings' as gifts to each other. On the summer solstice day, the farmers also roll out pancakes, which are roasted and mixed with vegetables, pods, tofu and bacon. They eat them after ancestor worship, which is commonly called "summer solstice cake", or give them to relatives and friends.
There is also the custom of eating 'summer solstice noodles' in the south of the Yangtze River. People say' eating summer solstice noodles for a short day '. There are many kinds of noodles in the south, such as Yangchun noodles, dry soup noodles, shredded meat noodles, Sanxian noodles, Qiaomian and sesame oil cold noodles, while in the north, there are braised noodles and fried sauce noodles.