When is the Beginning of Heat in 2020? Is there still an autumn tiger?

When is the Beginning of Heat in 2020? Is there still an autumn tiger?
Chushu is one of the 24 solar terms. Its arrival means the hot summer is about to pass and the cool autumn with abundant fruits is about to come. It is the seventh month of the lunar calendar, when summer is not yet in full swing and autumn has arrived. The heat is gone and coolness is coming. One leaf can herald the coming of autumn. Shuimoxiansheng.com has compiled relevant knowledge about the days in the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2020. Welcome to check out the special topic on the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2020.

End of Summer in 2020

The time of End of Heat in 2020 is 23:44:48 on August 22, 2020. Lunar calendar: The fourth day of July (big month) is the beginning of heat, which means "out of heat", meaning the heat leaves. Chushu is the 14th solar term among the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar. It occurs on August 23 of the Gregorian calendar, when the sun reaches 150° of the ecliptic longitude.
The solar term of Chushu means that we are about to enter autumn in meteorological terms. After Chushu, the temperature in the areas north of the Yellow River in China will gradually drop.
On the day of the Beginning of Autumn, the sun’s direct point has moved southward from 23°26′ north latitude on the day of the Summer Solstice to 11°28′ north latitude.
In urban Beijing, the length of daylight has been shortened from 15 hours at the summer solstice to 13 hours and 25 minutes. The altitude of the sun at noon has also dropped from 73°32′ at the summer solstice to 61°34′. People can clearly feel that the sun is beginning to move southward.
As the sun's altitude continues to decrease, the heat it brings also weakens.
End of Heat in other years
The date of the beginning of summer heat in 2016 is: August 23, 2016 00:38:26 Lunar calendar: July 21
The date of the beginning of summer in 2017 is: August 23, 2017 06:20:09 in the Gregorian calendar; the third day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar
The date of the beginning of summer in 2018 is: Gregorian calendar: August 23, 2018 12:08:30 Lunar calendar: July 13
The date of the beginning of summer in 2019 is: August 23, 2019, 18:01:53. The date of the beginning of summer in 2019 is: July 23, 2019, 18:01:53.
The date of the beginning of summer in 2021 is: August 23, 2021 05:34:48 in the Gregorian calendar. The date of the beginning of summer in 2021 is: July 16 in the lunar calendar.
The date of the beginning of summer in 2022 is: August 23, 2022, 11:15:59 in the Gregorian calendar. The date of the beginning of summer in 2022 is: July 26 (small month).
The date of the End of Heat in 2023 is: Gregorian calendar: August 23, 2023 17:01:06 Lunar calendar: the eighth day of the seventh month (big month)
The time of the End of Heat in 2024 is: August 22, 2024 22:54:48 Lunar calendar: July 19
The date of the beginning of summer in 2025 is: Gregorian calendar: August 23, 2025 04:33:35 Lunar calendar: June 30

Is there still an autumn heat in the Beginning of Autumn?

Although the subtropical high pressure that dominates the summer is retreating southward in large strides, it will never easily give up its dominance and retreat to the sea in the western Pacific Ocean. In the southern regions controlled by it, people who have just felt a hint of autumn cool often feel the high temperatures again at the end of the Beginning of Autumn. This is the true "autumn tiger". For areas that have just emerged from the dog days and have experienced severe dog days drought, if they continue to be controlled by the subtropical high pressure, it is often easy to form consecutive droughts in summer and autumn, which will greatly advance the autumn fire prevention period, so we need to be vigilant. It should be said that the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River often usher in a short spring with clear and cool weather only after the autumn heat ends, but this will not be until after October. During this period, the overall trend of heavy rain across the country was weakening.

Folk customs of the End of Heat

1. Traveling to welcome autumn <br /> The folk customs around the beginning of the solar term of Chushu are mostly related to ancestor worship and welcoming autumn. Around the time of the Beginning of Autumn, there are folk activities to celebrate the Zhongyuan Festival, commonly known as "the Mid-Autumn Festival" or "Zhongyuan Festival". In the old days, people would have a ceremony to open the Ghost Gate from the beginning of July, and hold activities to give alms to the dead until the end of the month when the Ghost Gate was closed. It is said that the Pudu activity starts with opening the Ghost Gate, then setting up lantern poles and releasing river lanterns to attract lonely souls; the main part is building the Pudu altar, setting up the lonely shed, interspersed with activities such as snatching the lonely soul, and finally ending with closing the Ghost Gate. Today, it has become an important period for ancestor worship. In addition, after the Beginning of Autumn, autumn becomes more intense, which is a good time for people to travel in the countryside to welcome the autumn and enjoy the scenery. After the Beginning of Autumn, the heat ends and even the clouds in the sky appear sparse and free, unlike the thick clouds during the Great Heat of summer. There has always been a saying among the people that "watch the clever clouds in July and August", which means "go out to welcome the autumn".
2. Release river lanterns <br /> River lanterns are also called "lotus lanterns". Generally, a lamp or candle is placed on a base and placed in rivers, lakes or seas on the night of the Ghost Festival, allowing them to float. The purpose of releasing river lanterns is to pray for the salvation of drowned ghosts and other wandering spirits in the water. A passage from Xiao Hong's "The Story of Hulan River" is the best footnote to this custom: "The 15th day of the seventh month is the Ghost Festival; the dead souls and resentful ghosts cannot be reborn, and are lingering in hell in great pain. They want to be reborn, but cannot find the way. If a dead ghost holds a river lantern on this day, he will be reborn."
3. Ancestor worship and autumn welcoming <br /> The folk customs around the beginning of summer are mostly related to ancestor worship and autumn welcoming. Around the time of the Beginning of Autumn, there are folk activities to celebrate the Zhongyuan Festival, commonly known as "the Mid-Autumn Festival" or "Zhongyuan Festival". In the old days, people would have a ceremony to open the Ghost Gate from the beginning of July, and hold activities to give alms to the dead until the end of the month when the Ghost Gate was closed. It is said that the Pudu activity starts with opening the Ghost Gate, then setting up lantern poles and releasing river lanterns to attract lonely souls; the main part is building the Pudu altar, setting up the lonely shed, interspersed with activities such as snatching the lonely soul, and finally ending with closing the Ghost Gate. Today, it has become an important period for ancestor worship.
In addition, after the Beginning of Autumn, autumn becomes more intense, which is a good time for people to travel in the countryside to welcome the autumn and enjoy the scenery. After the Beginning of Autumn, the heat ends and even the clouds in the sky appear sparse and free, unlike the thick clouds during the Great Heat of summer. There has always been a saying among the people that "watch the clever clouds in July and August", which means "go out to welcome the autumn".
4. Eat duck <br /> Old duck tastes sweet and cool in nature, so there is a tradition of eating duck during the Beginning of Heat. There are many ways to cook it, including boiled duck, lemon duck, ginger duck, roast duck, lotus leaf duck, walnut duck, etc. Beijing still retains this tradition. On the day of the Beginning of Heat, Beijingers usually go to the store to buy dishes such as the Beginning of Heat Lily Duck.
5. Fishing Festival <br /> For coastal fishermen, the fishing season after the beginning of summer heat is the harvest season. Every year during the beginning of summer heat, an annual grand fishing festival is held in the coastal areas of Zhejiang Province. On the day when the fishing moratorium ends in the East China Sea, a grand fishing festival is held to send off the fishermen to go out to sea. The 9th China Fishing Festival 2006 was held on September 6 in Xiangshan County, Zhejiang Province. Because; the water temperature in the sea area is still relatively high at this time, the fish will still stay around the sea area, and the fish, shrimp and shellfish will mature. Therefore, from this time on, people can often enjoy a wide variety of seafood.
6. Water splashing custom <br /> In Japan, during the month from the Great Heat to the End of Heat, there is a custom of water splashing to cool down in various parts of Japan.

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