Great Heat is one of the more important solar terms among the twenty-four solar terms. When it comes to Great Heat, it can basically be said that the hottest time of the year has arrived. The name Great Heat may seem simple, but it does have a hidden meaning. It has a profound meaning. Many people know the solar term Great Heat, but few people know the meaning of the Great Heat solar term. Next, I will take you to understand it.
The meaning of the Great Heat
Many people may think of potato chips and summer vacation when using the word "Shu", but in the solar term "Great Heat" means hot. As the name suggests, "Great Heat" means very hot. Great Heat, the twelfth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms, is also the hottest solar term of the year. Its climatic characteristics are: "Bouzhi Bing means the Great Heat, and the weather at this time is very strong, so it is called the Great Heat." The twenty-four solar terms are ancient ancestors' adaptation to the farming season, and they understood the seasons and climate in the year by observing the movement of celestial bodies. A knowledge system formed by the changing laws of climate, phenology and other aspects. It has a very important meaning. The Great Heat is around mid-summer, which is the hottest period of the year. In many areas of our country, high temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius often occur. The Great Summer Season is the period when warm-loving crops grow the fastest, and it is also the season when there are the most thunderstorms. There is a proverb that says: "A flash in the east will not catch a drop, but a flash in the west will not be able to escape in time." This means that in the afternoon of summer, if lightning appears in the east, there will be no rain. Down here, if the lightning is in the west, the rain will come quickly and it will be too late to avoid it.
High temperature, humidity and rain
The Great Heat is the hottest time of the year. At this time, people will feel that the radiation time of the sun is lengthened and the air temperature becomes higher. The weather is more severe than the Minor Heat, so it is called the Great Heat. Since monsoon climate is the main characteristic of my country's climate, monsoon climate is a mixture of continental climate and oceanic climate. In winter, affected by the dry and cold airflow from the inland, the weather is cold, dry and rainy; in summer, affected by the warm and moist airflow from the ocean, the weather is high, humid and rainy. The high temperature in the monsoon climate is basically consistent with the rainy period, and the rain and heat coincide with the same period. The Great Heat is a time of high temperature, humidity and rain. Although it is unavoidable and unbearable, it is very beneficial to agriculture, because there is an abundant supply of rain when crops are growing vigorously and need water the most.
Pay attention to preventing heatstroke and removing dampness
During the great heat, many people will feel very uncomfortable because the weather is too hot. At this time, they should drink more herbal tea. Since ancient times, there is a folk saying It is the custom to drink herbal tea (Fucha) in the dog days of summer; Fucha, as the name suggests, is a tea drunk in the dog days of summer. The tea made from this Chinese herbal medicine has the effect of cooling and dispelling summer heat. In addition, there are also customs such as burning incense and drying ginger. "Great Heat" is the hottest and humid season of the year. The focus of health care during this season is "heatstroke prevention and dampness removal."