What is the meaning of the summer solstice? Can’t eat dumplings during the summer solstice?

What is the meaning of the summer solstice? Can’t eat dumplings during the summer solstice?
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 determined the summer solstice. What is the meaning of the summer solstice? Can’t eat dumplings during the summer solstice? Midsummer is the time when pomegranate flowers are bright in May and fruits can be seen on the branches. If you want to know more about the fifth month of the lunar calendar in 2019, please pay attention to Mr. Shui Mo's website!

What is the meaning of the summer solstice?

The summer solstice falls on June 21 or 22 every year. 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. We usually judge the seasonal changes in the year based on time. However, due to the needs of agricultural production, the ancients could not correspond the time to the actual climate, so they created the 24 solar terms to divide the seasons in detail by climate. Therefore, the summer solstice is the true arrival of summer in terms of climate.

Can’t eat dumplings during the summer solstice?

It is a time to eat dumplings during the summer solstice.
Summer is the season for swimming. When cooking dumplings, wait until the water boils before putting them in the pot. After three boils and three cools, when you see the dumplings float up, you can scoop them out and eat them. Because dumplings will eventually float in the water and will not sink to the bottom. Hence, there is a saying that if you eat soup dumplings on the summer solstice, you will always float on the water like the dumplings when swimming and will not be drowned.

When is the summer solstice in recent years?

The summer solstice in 2017 is at 12:24:06 on June 21, the 27th day of the fifth month in the lunar calendar in 2017.
The summer solstice in 2018 is at 18:07:12 on June 21, the eighth day of the fifth lunar month in 2018
2019 Summer Solstice Time: June 21, 23:53:45, Lunar calendar May 19, 2019
2020 Summer Solstice Time: June 21, 05:43:33, the first day of the fifth lunar month in 2020
Summer Solstice 2021: 11:32:00 on June 21, 2021, the 12th day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar
Summer Solstice 2022: June 21, 17:13:40, Lunar May 23, 2022
Summer Solstice 2023: June 21, 22:57:37, the fourth day of the fifth lunar month in 2023
Summer Solstice 2024: 04:50:46, June 21, 2024, Lunar May 16
Summer Solstice 2025: June 21, 10:42:00, Lunar May 26, 2025
Summer Solstice 2026: June 21, 16:24:12, the seventh day of the fifth lunar month in 2026
Summer Solstice 2027: June 21, 22:10:30, Lunar May 17, 2027
Summer Solstice 2028: 04:01:39, June 21, 2028, Lunar May 29th
Summer Solstice 2029: June 21, 09:47:55, the tenth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar 2029
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