Lixia is the seventh of the twenty-four solar terms, and the first solar term of summer is an important solar term that indicates that everything has entered the peak season. After the summer, the sunshine increases, gradually heats up, thunderstorms increase, and crops enter a stage of thriving growth.
Lixia, regarded as the beginning of summer, is also called "spring day", and the mainland has attached great importance to the Lixia festival since ancient times.
According to records, during the Zhou Dynasty, on the day of the establishment of the summer, the emperor personally led hundreds of civil and military officials to the suburbs to "welcome the summer", and instructed Situ and other officials to go to various places to encourage the peasants to pay close attention to farming.
In the blink of an eye, the spring has passed away, the early summer solstice, the new lotus is green, the back garden has just begun to bloom, and all you can see is the surging and exuberant breath of life.
