【双语】夏⾄，这6件事你都知道吗？
机智如你，⼀定知道夏⾄的⽇照最长，但天⽓是最热吗、古⼈怎么过夏⾄、为何太阳下⽴杆不见影、夏⾄该吃啥?
平潭岛旅游攻略 更多关于夏⾄的趣闻⼩常识，⼀起来瞅瞅~
The traditionalChine lunar calendar(中国农历) divides the year into 24 solar terms(24节⽓).Summer Solstice, (夏⾄), the 10th solar term of the year, begins on June 21 this year and ends on July 5.
At this time, much of the northern hemisphere receives the most hours of daylight, but it does not bring the hottest temperatures which will come only 20 to 30 days later.
In China, the 24 solar terms were created thousands of years ago to guide agricultural production. But the solar term culture is still uful today to guide people's lives through eating special foods, performing cultural ceremonies and even healthy living tips that correspond with each solar term.
The following are 6 things you might not know about Summer Solstice.
1、The longest day of the year⼀年中最长的⼀天
宁夏梁静茹>描写苹果的作文
⼀年中最长的⼀天，⼀起来看次极光怎么样?
On the Summer Solstice itlf, daylight lasts the longest for the whole year in the northern hemisphere. After this day, daylight hours get shorter and shorter and temperatures become higher in the northern hemisphere.
How long is the longest day in China? According to the expert Yan Jiarong, the entire day in Mohe in Helongjiang province, located in the northernmost tip of China, lasts nearly 17 hours when you include dawn, twilight(暮光)and its afterglow(余晖，⼣照). Summer Solstice is the best ason for viewing the aurora (极光)in Mohe, "the sleepless town of China".
2、A public holiday in ancient times古代的公共假⽇
所以古代夏⾄⽇⼀般是放假的!放假的!放假的!
(这传统为啥没有延续下来……)
与春天有关的成语 Summer Solstice was an important festival in ancient China. As early as the Han Dynasty (260BC-220), whenthe Mid-autumn Festival (中秋节)and the Double Ninth Festival (重阳节) were not as important as they are today, the Summer Solstice was already celebrated.
Before the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), people even had a one-day holiday on Summer Solstice. According to Song Dynasty (960-1279) records, officials could have three days off during the Summer Solstice.
To celebrate Summer Solstice, women gave colored fans and sachets ([sæˈʃeɪ]彩扇与⾹囊)to each other. Fans could help them cool down and the sachets could drive away mosquitoes and make them smell sweet.
3、Seeing the sun turn around看着太阳转
太阳围着转，“⽴杆不见影”~
美丽密令2
Hani autonomous county (⾃治州) of Mojiang, southwest China's Yunnan province is located on the northern tropic (北回归线). Every year on the Summer Solstice, the sun sits directly over the Tropic of Cancer and returns from north to south. Then, the amazing phenomenon known as "upright pole with no shadows" (“⽴竿⽆影”)occurs.
The Hani people revere [ri'viə] (敬畏，尊崇) the sun and have always had a clo bond with it. They welcome the turn-around of the sun and offer sacrifices to it.
历山风景区 4、Eating noodles吃夏⾄⾯
冬⾄饺⼦夏⾄⾯~来碗凉⾯吧!
There is a saying in Shandong province which goes, "eat dumplings on the Winter Solstice and eat noodles on Summer Solstice(冬⾄饺⼦夏⾄⾯)." People in different areas of Shandong province eat chilled noodles凉⾯ on this day. Other people around China, including tho in Beijing, also have a tradition of eating noodles.
5、Dragon boat racing in Zhejiang浙江赛龙⾈
Due to the local climate, Dragon boat races have been held on the Summer Solstice day in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province rather than on Dragon Boat Festival since the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. This tradition is still in practice today, with all the attendant excitement.
给妹妹生日祝福语
6、Summer Solstice idiom夏⾄习语
梦字开头的成语 In Chine, an idiom "杯⼸蛇影" is related to Summer Solstice.
According to the records of Fengsutong (《风俗通》, a book about Chine customs), written by Yi
ng Shao from the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD25-220), a man named Du Xuan attended a banquet on Summer Solstice, where he mistook the shadow of a bow in his cup for a snake and he had to drink it out of fear.
After the banquet, he felt chest pains and a bellyache (腹痛) and couldn't recover even after eing many doctors. Finally, he found he had mistaken the shadow of a red crossbow on the wall for a snake in his cup and recovered. Later, people ud this idiom to refer to people who are suspicious and frighten themlves.
夏⾄后天⽓渐热，双语君提醒⼤家多⾷果蔬，清淡饮⾷，不要贪凉哦~
