Executive summary:On the summer solstice, the position of the sun directly hitting the ground reaches the northernmost point of the year, almost directly hitting the Tropic of Cancer. At this time, daylight hours are the longest in the year across the northern hemisphere. Therefore, some people say that the summer solstice means “everlasting” and is extremely romantic.
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Summer Solstice Romance Feels Everlasting
On the summer solstice, the position of the sun directly hitting the ground reaches the northernmost point of the year, almost directly hitting the Tropic of Cancer. At this time, daylight hours are the longest in the year across the northern hemisphere. Therefore, some people say that the summer solstice means “everlasting” and is extremely romantic.
The Three Hours of the Summer Solstice: Deer Antlers Unravel, Cicadas Begin to Sing, Pinellia Lives
Waiting for antler solution. The ancients believed that elk and deer belong to yin and yang. Deer belongs to Yang, and its horns face forward. During the summer solstice, yin qi is born and yang qi begins to decline, so the antlers belonging to yang begin to fall off.
The second cicada begins to chime. The male knows it, and after the summer solstice, feeling the birth of yin, he flaps his wings and chirps.
Three waiting for Pinellia. Pinellia is a shade-loving herb, named for its birth in midsummer swamps or paddy fields. It can be seen that in the hot midsummer, some yin-loving creatures began to appear, while yang-loving creatures began to decline.
The crops are growing and the fruits are sweet
Although the summer solstice has the longest days and the highest angle of the sun, it is not the hottest time of year because heat is still accumulating near the surface. In Tianjin, the crops are growing at this time, and the fruits are sweet.
It is another year of rice transplanting season. The Sinochem Agriculture MAP demonstration farm located in Wangwenzhuang Town, Xiqing District, Tianjin City has been busy recently. Dozens of sounding and fertilizing rice transplanters are transplanting rice in the field.
This year, the rice planting area of Xiaozhan in Wangwenzhuang Town is more than 20,000 mu. New planting technologies such as remote sensing monitoring, intelligent irrigation, and variable fertilization are used throughout the whole process. The whole process is mechanized and drones are transplanted and fertilized. The intelligent agricultural management system such as Yiyi has laid the foundation for the bumper harvest of high-quality Xiaozhan rice.
As a national geographical indication product, Tianjin’s Chadian grapes have developed into a characteristic industry of urban agriculture in Tianjin Binhai New Area. During the summer solstice, under the modernized greenhouse on Chadian Street in Binhai New Area, a bunch of rosé grapes are greedily absorbing the moisture of the sun, and they are about to ripen and go on the market.
Immediately without shadows, happiness comes slowly
Every summer solstice, when the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Cancer, if you look at your shadow at noon, you will see the shortest shadow in the year. In many cities in southern my country, at 11:00 noon, there will even be an astronomical phenomenon of “no shadow”. In our busy life, we often pursue “immediate results”. Although efforts will eventually pay off, we may need to “fly for a while”. It’s better to enjoy the summer sunshine more, let happiness, take your time.
Original title: The ancient “Jin” talks about the twenty-four solar terms | Today’s summer solstice: long-lasting and long-lasting happiness comes slowly