Is the summer solstice a fixed date every year? Is the Summer Solstice a festival?

Is the summer solstice a fixed date every year? Is the Summer Solstice a festival?
Deer antlers fall off, cicadas start to chirp, and Pinellia ternata grows. After the summer solstice, the summer heat arrives. Want to learn more about the Summer Solstice? Everyone has different fortunes in different years. For more information on do’s and don’ts, fortune analysis, etc. in May of the lunar calendar, please visit Mr. Shui Mo’s website!

Is the summer solstice a fixed date every year?

The new calendar date of the summer solstice each year can be said to be fixed, but there will be an error of one or two days.
The summer solstice is calculated based on the trajectory and period of the Earth's revolution around the sun, but the actual time for the Earth to revolve around the sun is 365.2564 or 365.2422 days. Therefore, if we calculate the time of the solar term based on 365 days in a year, there will be an error of one to two days.
The new calendar time of the summer solstice is June 21st or 22nd every year, but usually it is June 21st.
For example, the summer solstice in 2021 is on the lunar calendar: May 12, 2021; on the Gregorian calendar: June 21, 2021, Monday, 11:32:00

Is the Summer Solstice a festival?

The Summer Solstice, like the Winter Solstice, is an important folk festival in China and was called the "Summer Festival" or the "Summer Solstice Festival" in ancient times.
The summer solstice is the time of wheat harvest. Since ancient times, people have celebrated the harvest and worshipped their ancestors at this time to pray for the elimination of disasters and a good harvest. Therefore, the summer solstice was incorporated into the ancient rituals of worshiping gods as a festival.
Before the Qing Dynasty, the whole country had a holiday on the Summer Solstice. People would go home to reunite with their families and drink to avoid the scorching heat of summer. This was called "Xiexia". The Song Dynasty's Wenchang Miscellaneous Records recorded: "Starting from the day of the summer solstice, all officials have three days off."
"The Book of Zhou: Spring Officials" states: "When the summer solstice comes, bring local animals and demons." In the Zhou Dynasty, offering sacrifices to gods at the summer solstice was meant to eliminate famine, hunger and death. The summer solstice falls after the wheat harvest, and farmers thank God for the good harvest and pray for "autumn rewards." Around the summer solstice, some places hold a grand "summer wheat harvest" ceremony, which is a remnant of the ancient "summer sacrifice" activity.
The reason why the Summer Solstice is celebrated as a festival is that it coincides with the summer harvest season. After the summer harvest, a new round of sowing must begin. Therefore, the Summer Solstice is not only a celebration of the harvest, but also a prayer for a good harvest. Therefore, it also has a very important position in the 24 solar terms.

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