How is the Summer Solstice 2020? What does Summer Solstice mean?

How is the Summer Solstice 2020? What does Summer Solstice mean?
Summer is the second season of the year. As the saying goes, spring brings birth, summer brings growth, autumn brings harvest and winter brings storage. Summer is a good time for all things to grow. Ample sunshine and abundant rainfall provide plants with excellent growth conditions. How is the Summer Solstice 2020? What does Summer Solstice mean? The fifth month of the lunar calendar belongs to midsummer, when everything is growing at its peak. What should we pay attention to in the fifth month of the lunar calendar in 2020? Let’s take a look at the special topic of May 2020 on the Shuimoxiansheng website.

How is the Summer Solstice 2020?

The results of the lunar calendar time query are as follows:
Gregorian calendar time: Sunday, June 21, 2020 Lunar calendar time: May 1, 2020
The results of the lunar calendar are as follows:
【should】
Renovation, opening of business, marriage, obtaining a license, starting construction, groundbreaking, travel, opening of business, tourism, tomb repair, taking up a post, building, praying, offering sacrifices, lifting, opening of business, pastoral care, starting drilling, consecrating, marriage, seeking medical treatment, planting, seeking wealth, recruiting a son-in-law [taboo]
Moving, moving into a new house, setting up a bed, getting engaged, burying, raising the beam, breaking ground, incense, marriage proposal, migration, funeral
Conclusion: There are more things that are suitable to do on the Summer Solstice than things that are not suitable to do, so it is a good day!

What does Summer Solstice mean?

The summer solstice is the day with the longest daylight in the northern hemisphere, marking the arrival of midsummer. In southern my country, the daylight from sunrise to sunset is mostly about fourteen hours. Although the summer solstice has the longest daylight and the highest sun angle, it is not the hottest time of the year. As the saying goes, "The heat is in the dog days", the real hot weather is calculated based on the summer solstice and the beginning of autumn. From mid-July to mid-August, the temperature in all parts of my country is at its highest, with the highest temperature in some areas reaching around 40 degrees Celsius.

The summer solstice was also called "Summer Festival" or "Summer Solstice Festival" in ancient times. In ancient times, on the summer solstice, people offered sacrifices to gods to pray for the elimination of disasters and a good harvest. The Summer Solstice is the earliest festival in my country. Before the Qing Dynasty, the whole country had a day off on the summer solstice, and people would go home to reunite with their families and drink. According to TCM theory, the summer solstice is the time when Yang energy is at its peak. Health preservation should conform to the characteristics of summer when Yang is stronger outside, and one should pay attention to protecting Yang energy, focusing on the word "long".

On June 21 or 22 of the Gregorian calendar every year. On the summer solstice, the sun moves to 90 degrees of ecliptic longitude (in Gemini), and the position of the sun directly above the ground reaches the northernmost point of the year, almost directly above the Tropic of Cancer. At this time, the northern hemisphere has the longest daylight hours. In the Beijing area, daylight hours can be as long as 15 hours. The Northern Hemisphere receives the most sunlight on this day, nearly twice as much as the Southern Hemisphere. Astronomical experts say that the summer solstice is a turning point for the sun. After this day, it will "go back on its way", the point of direct sunlight will begin to move southward, and the daytime in the northern hemisphere will become shorter day by day.

The summer solstice is the earliest solar term to be determined among the 24 solar terms. In the seventh century BC, our ancestors used a gnomon to measure the sun's shadow and thus determined the summer solstice. The summer solstice each year begins on June 21st (or 22nd) and ends on July 7th (or 8th). According to the Kezunxiandu Manuscript, "When the sun reaches its northernmost point, the day is at its longest and the shadow is shortest, so it is called the summer solstice. 'Zhi' means "extreme." On the summer solstice, the sun's position directly above the ground reaches its northernmost point of the year, almost directly above the Tropic of Cancer (23°26' north latitude). The daylight in the northern hemisphere is longest, and the further north you go, the longer the daylight is. For example, the day length in Haikou, Hainan is a little over 13 hours, in Hangzhou it is 14 hours, in Beijing it is about 15 hours, and in Mohe, Heilongjiang it can reach more than 17 hours. After the summer solstice, the position of the sun directly above the ground gradually moves southward, and the daylight hours in the northern hemisphere become shorter. There is a saying among the people that "After eating summer solstice noodles, the day will be one line shorter." It is midwinter in the Southern Hemisphere at this time.

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