The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching midsummer, the weather is clear and the days are getting longer. What does it mean and whose poem is this?

The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching midsummer, the weather is clear and the days are getting longer. What does it mean and whose poem is this?
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The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching midsummer, the weather is clear and the days are getting longer. What does it mean?

"The Dragon Boat Festival approaches midsummer, the weather is clear and the days are getting longer" is a poem by the Tang Dynasty Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji .
This poem means that during the Dragon Boat Festival, it is almost the middle of summer and the daytime hours are gradually getting longer.
The whole poem is:
"Dragon Boat Festival" by Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty The Dragon Boat Festival approaches midsummer, the weather is clear and the days are getting longer.
Salt and plums are already served in the pot, and the wine cup is being passed around.
The ancients left traces of their deeds, which have accumulated over the years.
When I stand in the hall I know the hibiscus is lush, and when I look toward the water I smell the fragrance of the re
Billions of people will live long and all will prosper.
If you remain loyal and faithful, you will leave your reputation to future generations.
【Translation】
During the Dragon Boat Festival, it is almost the middle of summer and the daytime hours are gradually getting longer. Salt and plums have already added flavor to the pot, and fine wine has been poured into the cup. This is a custom left by the ancients and it has been around for many years. Only when I leaned on the railing did I realize how lush the hibiscus was, and only when I looked at the water did I realize how fragrant the reeds were. May the people of the world live a long and happy life, and may all ministers work together to ensure the prosperity of the country. If everyone can remain loyal to the country, this virtue will surely be passed on to future generations. The poem "The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching mid-summer, the weather is clear and the days are getting longer" fully reflects the meteorological characteristics of the Dragon Boat Festival period.
The Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year. The fifth month of the lunar calendar is also known as Midsummer (i.e., Zhongxia), because it is in the middle of summer.
Midsummer is also the time of the summer solstice, and the meteorological characteristics of the summer solstice are long days and short nights. It is the day with the longest day and the shortest night in the year. Therefore, during the Dragon Boat Festival in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the daytime hours become longer and longer, and by the time of the summer solstice, it will be the day with the longest daytime in the year.

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