When does the dog days of summer begin? Is the Great Heat of 2019 the dog days of summer?
Counting the dog days of summer is a traditional folk custom in China. After the summer solstice, the temperature rises sharply, forming scorching hot summer days. So when does counting the dog days of summer begin ? Is the Great Heat of 2019 the dog days of summer? The sixth lunar month of 2019 also ushered in summer. Follow Mr. Shui Mo's website and we will accompany you through a hot summer.When does the dog days of summer begin?Answer: The dog days of summer begin on the third Geng day after the summer solstice. The third Geng day is the first day of the dog days of summer.Many people have heard of the folk saying "The third Geng day after the summer solstice is the first day of the dog days". In fact, this is the formula used in the calendar to determine the first day of the dog days. Starting from the first Geng day after the summer solstice, the third Geng day is the first day of the dog days, and the dog days begin from this day. The date of the beginning of the dog days can be simply expressed by the four-character formula "Summer Solstice Three Gengs", that is, starting from the third "Geng" day after the summer solstice, the first dog days is 10 days, the middle dog days is 10 days or 20 days, and the last dog days is 10 days. The "ganzhi calendar" was popular in ancient my country. The days were recorded in a cycle using 60 different names formed by matching 10 heavenly stems with 12 earthly branches. Any day containing the character Geng is called Geng Day. 2019 Summer Solstice Date: June 21, 2019 The first Geng Day after the summer solstice in 2019 is June 22, 2019 (Geng Yin Day) The second Geng day after the summer solstice in 2019: July 2, 2019 (Gengzi Day) The third Geng day after the summer solstice in 2019: July 12, 2019 (Gengxu Day) The first day of the "dog days" this year is July 12, 2019 (Gengxu Day) . Because the first dog days lasts for 10 days, this year's first dog days is from July 12th to July 21st. Is the Great Heat of 2019 the hottest time of the year?Answer: The Great Heat solar term is in the middle stage of the three hottest days, so the Great Heat is the hottest day of the year.The Great Heat solar term is the hottest solar term in the year. The ancient book “Explanation of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms” says: “The Great Heat is the hottest solar term.” This is enough to illustrate how hot this solar term is. The reason why it is extremely hot during the "Great Heat" period is that since the beginning of summer, the heat absorbed by the ground from sunlight during the day is more than the heat released at night, and the heat continues to accumulate. During the Great Heat period, the accumulated heat reaches its peak, so the Great Heat period is the hottest. The best foods to cool down during the Great Heat season:1. The best cooling food: mung beans. Speaking of the best cooling food in summer, it must be mung beans. I believe that when we were kids and had summer vacation, what we craved most was the thick mung bean porridge cooked by our mother. Eating a bowl of it can eliminate the dryness caused by the hot temperature. Mung bean itself is a very good food for cooling down the body, because Chinese medicine believes that mung bean is sweet and cold, and has the effects of clearing the heart and promoting urination, cooling down and quenching thirst, and clearing away heat and detoxifying. Therefore, to relieve the summer heat, you must eat mung beans.2. The best heat-relief medicine: lotus leaves . Summer is the time when lotus flowers are in full bloom. The whole lotus is a treasure, especially the lotus leaves. Lotus leaves are the best medicine for relieving heat in summer. Chinese medicine often uses lotus leaves as a traditional Chinese medicine to relieve heat. In summer, if you wrap "Liuyi Powder" in fresh lotus leaves and boil it, wrap rice in fresh lotus leaves and steam it, or make tea with fresh lotus leaves, they all have good effects in clearing away heat and removing dampness. 3. The most cooling fruit in summer: watermelon. The most cooling fruit in summer must be watermelon! Watermelon is the symbol of summer. Watermelon has the effects of cooling off and acting as a diuretic. Therefore, to cool down in summer, you can eat more watermelon. 4. The best vegetable for cooling down in summer: bitter melon. The best vegetable for cooling down in summer must be bitter melon. It’s hot in the summer, and eating some bitter food is very good for the body. Bitter melon is the best vegetable for cooling down. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, clearing the heart and relieving heat. It has a preventive and therapeutic effect on heatstroke, dysentery, and malignant ulcers. 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