Are the End of Heat and the End of Fu the same in 2019? What do End of Heat and the End of Fu mean?

Are the End of Heat and the End of Fu the same in 2019? What do End of Heat and the End of Fu mean?
Chushu is one of the 24 solar terms. Chushu means "out of summer", indicating that the heat is about to pass. So are Chushu and Chufu the same in 2019 ? What do Chushu and Chufu mean? In July, melons and fruits are fragrant, so we also call the seventh month of the lunar calendar the "Melon Month". Follow Mr. Shui Mo's website and let us learn more about the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2019!

Are the End of Heat and the End of Dog the same in 2019?

Chushu is one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, while Chufu means the end of the dog days. Chushu and Chufu are not the same.
"Fu" means hiding the yin energy in the heat, and "chufu" means leaving the hot summer days.
Chushu is one of the 24 solar terms. The solar term of End of Heat falls on August 23 or 24 every year, when the sun reaches 150° of the ecliptic longitude. "Chu" means hiding and ending, and "Chushu" means the hot summer is over. "Collected Explanations of the 72 Seasonal Changes" says: "Chu means to stop. The hot summer ends here." "Chu" means to end, indicating that the heat is about to pass, the hot summer will end on this day, and the temperature in most parts of my country will gradually drop. Chushu is different from the Lesser Heat, Greater Heat, Lesser Cold and Greater Cold. It is the solar term that represents the transition of temperature from hot to cold.

What do Chushu and Chufu mean?

1. The meaning of Chushu Chushu is the 14th solar term in the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar and the second solar term in autumn. To be at is to stop. Chushu is a solar term related to temperature. After Chushu, it means that the temperature starts to drop significantly and the weather will become cooler. In addition, Chushu is a solar term closely related to farming.
2. The meaning of "Chufu" is that the dog days are over and autumn is about to come. There is a poem by an old man in a bamboo straw raincoat and a bamboo hat from the Yuan Dynasty: "Silkworms' one or two sleeps urge them to come out of the dog days, while seedlings with three or four leaves are still worried about the wind." This is a record of the end of the dog days in ancient poetry.

What is suitable to eat on the day of the end of the dog days?

The dietary customs of southerners during the dog days vary from region to region: Shanghainese people pay attention to "wontons in the first dog days and tea in the second dog days"; Hangzhou people pay attention to "ham in the first dog days, chicken in the second dog days, and golden and silver pig's hoof in the third dog days"; Nanchang people pay attention to "chicken in the first dog days and duck in the second dog days"; Hunanese and Jiangxi people also pay attention to eating chicken in the first dog days, believing that "eating a chicken in the third dog days will bring good health for the year." For northerners, especially the old Beijingers living in the Imperial City, they are particularly concerned about what to eat during the dog days of summer. They emphasize "dumplings in the first dog days, noodles in the second dog days, and pancakes with eggs in the third dog days." As the saying goes, "A good fate is not as good as good luck." A person's destiny is already determined, and the only thing that can be controlled is his or her "luck." Unexpected changes in the world may happen at any time, so use Mr. Shui Mo's [Premium Calculation] function to learn more about your fortune in 2019!

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