【Original】Five Absolute "Lixia • Second Waiting" Wu Zhiguo Douwei opened to the southeast, and earthworms moved to the ground. Jianghuai season is good, three fresh cut do not guess. (Note: Lixia is the 7th of the twenty-four solar terms, summer.)

[Original] five absolute

"Lixia • Second Waiting"

Wu Zhiguo

Douwei southeast open,

The earthworms come movingly.

Good season in Jianghuai,

Three fresh cuts do not guess.

(Note: Lixia is the 7th solar term of the twenty-four solar terms, the first solar term of summer, Lixia has three seasons, and the fifth day is one waiting, "one waiting for the grasshopper to sing, two waiting for earthworms to come out, and three waiting for Wang Guasheng.") When the time comes to summer, everything flourishes, indicating the beginning of summer. In ancient China, especially the establishment of summer rituals, during the Zhou Dynasty, tianzi led hundreds of officials to hold the ceremony of "welcoming the summer" in vermilion dresses; there were also folk customs of eating "three fresh", and the "three fresh" in various parts of the great river and north were also varied and had their own characteristics. Children's favorite game of "fighting eggs" eggs. ）