Summer solstice has arrived

Summer solstice, one of the twenty-four solar terms, the sun runs to 90 ° of the yellow longitude for the intersection of the nodes, generally in the calendar June 21-22 intersection. On the summer solstice, the position of the sun directly above the ground reaches the northernmost point of the year, almost directly to the Tropic of Cancer, at this time, the northern hemisphere around the daytime reaches the longest time of the year.

For the Tropic of Cancer and areas north of the Tropic of Cancer, the summer solstice is also the day of the year the highest height of the sun at noon. The northern hemisphere gets the most solar radiation on this day, nearly twice as much as the southern hemisphere.

Customs

Summer Avoidance

On the summer solstice, women give each other folding fans, powder and other things. Youyang Miscellaneous Chopping Block - Ritual Differences: “Summer Solstice, into the fan and powder capsule, all have to say.” “Fan”, to generate wind; “powder and fat”, to smear, scattered body heat born of turbid gas, to prevent prickly heat.

Summer solstice north and south to eat noodles

Since ancient times, some parts of China have “winter solstice dumplings summer solstice noodles”, summer solstice eating noodles is an important custom in many areas. Because of the summer solstice new wheat has been debuted, so the summer solstice to eat noodles also have the meaning of tasting new.

Sacrifice to the gods and ancestors

The summer solstice is one of the “four seasons and eight sections”, the folk since ancient times to celebrate the harvest at this time, the custom of ancestor worship, in order to pray for the elimination of disasters and yearly abundance. People in the ancient farming society in the peace and happiness of the people choose a day to worship God and ancestors will have a variety of regular festivals, worship God Tsa Zu Fengsheng Tsa Tribute to the development of festivals feasts, but also gradually formed a number of agreed-upon ways of celebrating the so-called festivals and folklore.