Tianjin, 4 May (Xinhua) -- "Once the spring and summer are changed, the birds and flowers move overnight." When the sun reaches 45 degrees of ecliptic longitude, the Summer Festival arrives. At 20:26 Beijing time on May 5, we will usher in the summer. At this time, the beginning of summer grows, the locust willows are dense, the curtains are slightly summery, and everything is beautiful.
Luo Shuwei, a historian and researcher at the Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences, said that May 5 or 6 of the Gregorian calendar every year is the beginning of the Lixia Solar Term, which is the seventh of the twenty-four solar terms and the first solar term in summer. "The little lotus only shows sharp horns, and there are dragonflies standing on the head" has become a landscape feature in the summer season.
Poster Maker: Fang Jinyang
The ancients said that Lixia contains the meaning of "all things have grown up to this point": "Summer, false also, everything is false and big at this time." That is to say, as soon as the summer comes, as the sunshine and rain increase, the temperature gradually rises, and crops and various green plants begin to thrive.
"Li Xia will leave the spring also, and a few branches of fern grass are fangshu." At this time, there are already new fruits for people to taste. Jiangnan plums and cherries began to ripen, and early ripening lychees in the southern country came to market, sweet and sour, which was the taste of early summer.
Poster Maker: Fang Jinyang
At the turn of spring and summer in summer, how should the public maintain health care? Luo Shuwei combined with the suggestions of health care experts pointed out that it is necessary to adapt to environmental changes and maintain health scientifically. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the key to Lixia's health is to nourish the heart – the entire nervous system, including the heart, and even mental and psychological factors. This is because the main yang of the heart can promote blood circulation and maintain human life activities; warming the heart and yang can make the body fluid metabolism normal, the heart pulse is unimpeded, and the occurrence of heart disease is prevented.
Entering the summer, the human metabolism is accelerated, appetite is also easily affected, at this time the diet should also follow the principle of "spring and summer YangYang", with light, easy to digest and vitamin-rich foods, reduce the intake of greasy and thick and spicy food. The amount of eggs, milk, soy products, lean meat, vegetables, fruits and coarse grains can be increased in an appropriate amount to ensure the supply of high-quality protein and fiber to maintain the normal operation of internal organ functions.
Poster Maker: Fang Jinyang
Spring and summer alternate, long days and short nights, rising temperatures, dry climate, middle-aged and elderly people often have symptoms such as insufficient supply of heart and brain blood, irritability, acidity and fatigue. You should go to bed late and get up early, increase your lunch break, exercise moderately, consciously accept the clear qi of heaven and earth, carry out spiritual recuperation, ensure that your personal energy is full, full of physical strength, and welcome the arrival of summer with a peaceful and pleasant mood.
Source: Xinhua Net