The proverb about the solar terms of summer heat is that if there is still no rain in the summer heat, it will be difficult to keep rice even if the crops are not strong. Cold dew comes early, winter begins late, and frost falls just in time to harvest potatoes.

Qushu

Qushu is the fourteenth solar term of the twenty-four solar terms and the second solar term in autumn. Dou Zhi Wu (southwest); the sun's yellow longitude reaches 150°; the festival is held on August 22-24 of the Gregorian calendar every year. It's the end of the summer heat, and the "last heat" of the "three heats" of high-temperature and scorching weather has arrived, which means that the hot and unbearable weather has come to an end.

After the end of summer, the direct sun point continues to move southward, solar radiation weakens, and the subtropical high pressure also retreats southward, and the heat gradually subsides. Thunderstorm activity is also less active than in hot summer, and the general trend of heavy rains across the country has weakened. There are many folk activities during summer heat, such as eating ducks, setting off river lanterns, holding a fishing festival, making herbal tea, worshiping the Earth God, etc.

Knowledge expansion:

Proverb is a Chinese word. Proverb is an important part of Chinese. It refers to concise and concise phrases that are widely circulated among the people. Most proverbs reflect the practical life experience of working people and are usually passed down orally. It is mostly an easy-to-understand short sentence or rhyme in spoken form.

Ready-made words commonly used in people's lives. Proverbs are similar to idioms, but they are more colloquial and easy to understand. They generally express a complete meaning and are almost always one or two short sentences in form.

The content of proverbs covers a wide range, some are agricultural proverbs, such as "before and after the Qingming Festival, sow melons and beans"; some are political proverbs, such as "If you sow melons, you will get melons, and if you sow beans, you will get beans"; Common sense proverbs in various fields, such as "Humility makes people progress, pride makes people fall behind." "A hundred steps after a meal will make you live to be ninety-nine." There are many categories and countless.

Proverbs, like idioms, are part of the Chinese language as a whole and can increase the vividness and vividness of the language. But proverbs and famous quotes are different. Proverbs are the practical life experience of working people, while famous quotes are what celebrities say.

Proverbs are artistic statements that are collectively created by the people, widely circulated, concise, comprehensive and relatively qualitative. They are regular summaries of the people's rich wisdom and universal experience. Appropriate use of proverbs can make the language lively and interesting and enhance the expressiveness of the article.

For example, "The stick beats the roe deer and the gourd scoops out the fish, and the pheasant flies into the rice pot." The content reflected in the proverb involves all aspects of social life. In terms of content, there are generally the following categories: meteorology, agriculture, health, society, and learning.