What is the meaning of Lixia?

The beginning of summer in 2017 is coming soon, so what does the beginning of summer mean? What festival is Lixia? Next, let us understand the meaning of the Beginning of Summer solar term.

What does Lixia mean?

The meaning of Beginning of Summer

1. Beginning of Summer is a solar term and a festival. Lixia is the seventh solar term in the twenty-four solar terms in the lunar calendar and the first solar term in summer.
2. Lixia means the beginning of summer. In astronomy, the Beginning of Summer marks the farewell to spring and the beginning of summer.
3. The Beginning of Summer is recorded in ancient books as a phenological phenomenon at the beginning of summer. "The Book of the Later Zhou Dynasty: Explanation of Current Affairs" says: "On the day of the Beginning of Summer, crickets chirp. Five days later, earthworms come out. Five days later, melons grow." This means that at the beginning of summer, you can first hear the croaking of frogs, then see earthworms digging the soil, and then the vines of melons begin to grow.

Characteristics of Beginning of Summer

1. People usually regard the Beginning of Summer as an important solar term when the temperature rises significantly, the hot summer is approaching, thunderstorms increase, and crops enter the peak growth season.
2. Before the beginning of summer, most temperatures rise quickly, but there is still not much precipitation. In addition, spring is windy, evaporation is strong, the atmosphere is dry and the soil is dry, which seriously affects the normal growth of crops.
3. As the agricultural proverb says, "If it doesn't rain after the beginning of summer, the plows and harrows will have to be hung high." After the beginning of summer, it is the critical period for large-scale planting of early rice. The arrival of rain and the amount of rainfall during this period are closely related to the future harvest.