Slight Heat, comes between July 6th and 8th annually, is one of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar.
小暑是我们农历的二十四节气之一,通常始于每年的7月6日至8日之间。
"Shu" stands for hot, so "Xiao Shu" (Slight Heat) means hot, but not as hot as "Da Shu" (Great Heat).
“暑”表示炎热的意思,所以“小暑”即为小热,不过还未达到大暑时节的酷热程度。
Due to the high temperatures of summer, people's digestive functions are relatively weak. Therefore, bland diets are preferred.
由于盛夏酷热的原因,人们的胃口普遍不佳,故而较为偏爱清淡的饮食。
In the north of China, dumplings and noodles are the traditional food in Slight Heat.
在我国北方地区,饺子和面条则是小暑时节的传统时令饮食。
小暑简介
When the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 105 degrees, it’s the time for “Slight Heat”, usually happening on July 7 or July 8. Slight heat means it’s hot but not the hottest.
小暑发生在太阳到达天文经度105°,通常在7月7日或7月8日。小暑表示天气很热但并不是最热的时候。The continuous rainfall season for cities along “Yangtze River” will soon stop and enter summer days. On the other hand, the north and north-east of China will enter the rain season.Three periods of the hot season come one by one after “Summer Solstice”. In the Chinese, it’s call the three “Fu”, meaning that the weather is so hot and people better lie down than to move. Around the “Slight Heat” period, it’s the first “Fu” period.
Nowadays, people eat Jiao zi on the first “Fu”, noodles on the second and eggs with baked pancake on the third.In Xuzhou, the tradition of eating lamb can be traced back to thousands of years ago. At that time, there already had been the saying that “Having a bowl of lamp soup, no need to see the doctors.”