Brief introduction to the Lesser Heat solar term, what is the origin of Lesser Heat?

Brief introduction to the Lesser Heat solar term, what is the origin of Lesser Heat?
Lesser Heat is a very impressive solar term, because it is the time when the weather gradually turns to the hottest in the year. How much do you know about it? What is the origin of the Lesser Heat solar term? The fifth month of the lunar calendar is also known as: Midsummer, Pomegranate Month, Pu Month, and Gao Month. The fifth month of the lunar calendar means the arrival of summer. Let’s take a look at the fifth month of the lunar calendar in 2018 with the Fortune Teller website. Lesser Heat, June Festival. July 7 or 8 in the Gregorian calendar every year is when the sun reaches 105° of the ecliptic longitude, marking the end of the Wu month and the beginning of the Wei month in the Ganzhi calendar. "Shu" means hot, meaning the weather is starting to get hot, but it hasn't reached its hottest point yet, which basically applies to most parts of the country. Although Lesser Heat is not the hottest season of the year, it is followed by Greater Heat, the hottest season of the year. There is a saying among the people that "Lesser Heat and Greater Heat are like steaming above and boiling below."
With the beginning of Lesser Heat, the plum rains in the Yangtze and Huaihe River basins end one after another, and midsummer begins with rising temperatures. The vast area north of the Huaihe River and Qinling Mountains in eastern my country has begun the southeast monsoon rainy season from the Pacific Ocean, with a significant increase in precipitation and relatively concentrated rainfall; while the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River generally experience high temperatures and little rain under the control of the subtropical high pressure, entering the summer drought period. Tropical cyclones in the North Pacific began to become more active, and the number of tropical cyclones making landfall in my country's southern coastal areas began to increase. Lesser Heat is the eleventh solar term of the twenty-four solar terms in the lunar calendar and the fifth solar term in summer, marking the official start of the midsummer season. July 7 or 8 every year is when the sun reaches 105° of the ecliptic longitude. "Collected Explanations of the 72 Seasonal Changes" states: "The sixth month... "Heat" means heat, and the heat can be divided into small and large heat. The beginning of the month is small, and the middle of the month is large. Now the heat is still small." "Heat" means hot, and "Minor Heat" means a small heat. The ancients believed that the period of Minor Heat was not the hottest time of the year, so it was called "Minor Heat". There is also a folk song about the solar terms that says, "Less Heat isn't that hot, but Greater Heat is the hottest time of the year." It indicates that the hottest period of the year has arrived, but it has not yet reached an extremely hot level.

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