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Wednesdaythe5thofMaymarksLixia(立夏lìxià),orthe“StartofSummer”inEnglish.ItistheseventhsolartermintheChineselunarcalendar,withthesunmovingtothecelestiallongitudeof45degreesonthisday.InChinese,thecharacter“li(立)”means“begin”,soLixiaisalsothefirstsolartermthatkicksoffthehotsummerdaysinChina.
ThissolartermwasestablishedattheendoftheWarringStatesperiod(BC–BC).ChinesepeopleusuallyregardLixiaasanimportantperiodfromwhichthetemperaturerisesandsummerisupon,withmorerainandthunder,andmoreabundantcrops.
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FarmersinthesouthernpartofChinamightbetoobusytocelebratethearrivalofthesummer,asthisisthebesttimeoftheyeartoplanttheearlyrice.ThereareabunchofancientChineseidiomswarningpeopleofthesevereconsequencesthat