After the summer solstice, how many minutes is the day short and how many hours is the day and night?
The summer solstice is the longest day in the year.After the summer solstice, the day will gradually shorten.However, due to the different longitude and latitude, the specific shortening time is also inconsistent, but on average, the day is shortened by about two minutes every day.
Introduction to the summer solstice
The summer solstice is one of the twenty-four solar terms.Every year on June 21 or 22 of the Gregorian calendar, it is regarded as the summer solstice when the sun moves to 90 degrees ecliptic longitude.At this time, the position of the sun directly hitting the ground reaches a The northernmost point of the year, almost directly on the Tropic of Cancer, has the longest sunshine hours in the northern hemisphere.After the summer solstice, yin qi begins to grow and yang qi begins to decline."However, the summer solstice is not hot", "the summer solstice is three Geng several heads." Although the summer solstice means that the hot summer has arrived, it is not the hottest time yet.The temperature continues to rise for a period of time after the summer solstice.After about 20 to 30 days, it is generally the hottest weather.
The phenological characteristics of the summer solstice
One-hundred deer antler solution:the deer’s antlers face the previous life, so it belongs to the yang.On the summer solstice, yin qi is born and yang qi begins to decline, so the positive antlers begin to fall off.Since Mi belongs to Yin, the horns only fall off during the winter solstice (although Mi and deer belong to the same family, the ancients believed that one belongs to Yin and the other belongs to Yang).
Second waiting cicadas begin to sing:The male cicadas sing after the summer solstice because they feel the yin qi.
Sanwai Pinellia:Pinellia is a shade-loving herb, named for its birth in midsummer marshes or paddy fields.It can be seen that in the hot midsummer, some yin-loving creatures began to appear, while masculine creatures began to decline.
Folk Sayings on the Summer Solstice
Sacrificing Gods and ancestors
The summer solstice is the time of wheat harvest.Years of disaster.Therefore, the summer solstice, as a festival, was included in the ancient ritual of worshiping gods."Zhou Li·Chun Guan" contains:"The arrival of summer will cause local things to be stingy." In the Zhou Dynasty, the summer solstice sacrificed to the gods, meaning to clear the famine, starvation and death.The summer solstice is right after the wheat harvest, and farmers not only thank God for a bumper harvest, but also pray for the "autumn newspaper".Before and after the summer solstice, some places hold a grand "summer wheat", which is the remains of the ancient "summer festival" activity.
Summer and shelter
On the summer solstice, women give each other things such as folding fans and fat powder."Youyang Zazu·Liyi":"On the summer solstice, there is a word for entering the fan and the powder sac." "Fan" is used to generate wind; "Powder" is used to smear it to dissipate the turbid air generated by body heat., Anti-prickly heat.In the imperial court, after the "Summer Solstice", the royal family took out ice "for winter and summer use" to "remove summer", and from the Zhou Dynasty, it has been used in all dynasties, and it has become a system.
Noodles are eaten in the north and south on the summer solstice
Since ancient times, there has been a saying among Chinese folk that "dumplings on the winter solstice and noodles on the summer solstice", and eating noodles on the summer solstice is an important custom in many areas.Because the new wheat has appeared on the summer solstice, so eating noodles on the summer solstice also has a new meaning.
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