Every year when the summer solstice comes, corresponding customs will be held in various places, such as eating summer solstice soup and cold noodles. So, what is the significance of the summer solstice? Come and have a look with me!
Details 0 1 Introduction
The summer solstice is not only one of the 24 solar terms, but also a festival in the ancient folk "four seasons and eight festivals". Since ancient times, there has been a custom of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors to the Japanese. In ancient times, it was also called "Summer Festival" and "Summer Solstice Festival". The significance of this solar term is that after the summer solstice, the temperature rises gradually, and the diet should be clear.
02 characteristics
The summer solstice is the day when the sun is in the highest position in the sky. There is a folk saying that "the summer solstice is born in the shade". The summer solstice is in midsummer, that is, at noon, belonging to the sun. There is no doubt that the summer solstice is sunny, but this is not necessarily the day when the sun is the highest at noon. Summer solstice season is the "Meiyu" season in Jianghuai area, and it is the yellow ripening period of plums in Jiangnan area. The air is very humid, and the cold and warm air masses meet here to form a trough of low pressure, which leads to continuous rainy weather.
03 custom activities
Summer solstice coincides with the harvest season of crops. Since ancient times, people have had the custom of celebrating harvest and offering sacrifices to ancestors at this time in order to pray for a good year. Therefore, the summer solstice, as a festival, was included in the ancient ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods. As the ancient book says: "Heaven and earth are the foundation of life; Ancestors are the foundation of class. " It means that heaven and earth are the foundation of life, ancestors are the foundation of human beings, and ancestor worship is the custom of inheriting filial piety.