The heat means that the heat is coming to an end. Summer solar terms mean that we are about to enter the autumn with meteorological significance. After the summer, the temperature in the area north of the Yellow River in China gradually drops.

After the summer, except for South China and Southwest China, the rainy season is coming to an end in most parts of China, and the precipitation is gradually decreasing, and rice is ripe and harvested. Especially in North China, Northeast China and Northwest China, pay close attention to water storage and moisture conservation; Prevent autumn sowing drought and postpone the sowing date of winter crops.

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The custom of summer.

1, discharge lamp

River lanterns, also known as "lotus lanterns", usually put lights or candles on the base, and put them into rivers, lakes and seas during the Mid-Autumn Festival to let them float.

2. Water splashing custom

In Japan, there is an organized custom of splashing water to cool down all over Japan during the month from the great summer heat to the hot summer heat.

3. Travel to welcome autumn

After summer, autumn is getting stronger, which is a good time for people to swim in the countryside to welcome autumn scenery. Even the clouds in the sky seem to have been evacuated and freed when the summer heat passed, unlike the thick clouds in the summer heat. There has always been a saying among the people that "seeing a clever cloud in July and August" means "going out to welcome autumn".

4. Fishing Festival

For coastal fishermen, the summer heat is the harvest season. During the summer vacation every year, the annual grand fishing festival will be held in the coastal areas of Zhejiang. It was decided to hold a grand fishing ceremony to see the fishermen off on the day when fishing in the East China Sea ended. On September 6th, 2006, the 9th China Fishing Festival was held in Xiangshan County, Zhejiang Province. Because; At this time, the water temperature in the sea area is still high, and the fish will still stay around the sea area, and the fish, shrimp and shellfish are mature. Therefore, from this time on, people can often enjoy all kinds of seafood.

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