When is the Beginning of Summer? What are the taboos during the Beginning of Summer?

When is the Beginning of Summer? What are the taboos during the Beginning of Summer?
Unconsciously, more than half of 2018 has passed. We ushered in the Beginning of Summer in May, which also means that we have officially entered summer. So when is the Beginning of Summer? In March, all things come back to life, willows are green, flowers are red, orioles are singing and swallows are dancing, and the earth is full of vitality. The Fortune Teller website has compiled detailed information for you about the third month of the lunar calendar in 2018!

When is the Beginning of Summer?

People usually regard the Beginning of Summer as an important solar term when the temperature rises significantly, the hot summer is approaching, thunderstorms increase, and crops enter the peak growth season. After the beginning of summer, it is a critical period for large-scale planting of early rice, and the arrival of rain and the amount of rainfall during this period are closely related to the future harvest.
There is a good folk saying: "If it doesn't rain at the beginning of summer, the plow and harrow will be hung high." "If it doesn't rain at the beginning of summer, there will be no rice in the pestle." There is also a folk custom of weighing oneself out of fear of the summer heat. After weighing oneself on this day, one will not be afraid of the summer heat and will not lose weight, otherwise one will suffer from illness and disaster. In Jiangxi, there is a custom of drinking tea at the beginning of summer. It is said that if you don't drink tea at the beginning of summer, you will suffer all summer. As early as in ancient times, kings often went outside the city to welcome summer on the first day of summer. The day to welcome summer was the Beginning of Summer.

What are the taboos during the Beginning of Summer?

It is said that it is taboo to sit on the doorstep on the day of Beginning of Summer, especially for children. It is said that if you sit on the threshold at the beginning of summer, you will feel tired and sickly in the summer, and feel listless all year round.
If a child accidentally sits on a threshold, he or she must sit on seven thresholds before the taboo can be lifted.
The day of Beginning of Summer was also called "the end of spring" in ancient times. Spring goes and summer comes, repeating over and over again, year after year.

The difference between Beginning of Summer and Summer Solstice

Lixia means the beginning of summer. “Li” means to establish or to establish a foothold. Lixia usually falls on May 5-7 every year.
The summer solstice is the midpoint of summer. “至” means extreme or highest, for example: supreme. The summer solstice usually falls between June 21 and 23 every year.

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