Dog Days, the hottest time of the year, are characterized by high temperatures, high humidity, and low wind speeds. Some people like the high temperature and the feeling of sweating profusely in the dog days of summer, while some people like the coolness of the dog days of summer

Dog Days, the hottest period of the year, with high temperature, high humidity, and low wind speed are the characteristics of Dog Days . Some people like the high temperature and the feeling of sweating profusely in the dog days of summer, while some people like the coolness of the dog days of summer, but high temperature and coolness are both relative.

There are many ways to judge whether the Dog Days are hot or cool that year, such as judging by the number of Dog Days, the male and female of the Dog Days, and " 秋包volt" or "Fu Baoqiu". In this article, the author will talk about this matter in detail to see whether the dog days of summer this year will be hot or cool. You will have the answer after reading this.

Dog days are divided into 30 days and 40 days.

Dog days are divided into the first, middle and last days. The number of days in the first and last days is fixed, both are 10 days, while the number of days in the middle is not fixed. Some years have 10 days, and some years have 20 days, which results in Dog Days being divided into 30 days and 40 days.. It is generally believed that the Dog Days are relatively cooler in a year with 30 days, and the Dog Days are relatively hotter in a year with 40 days.

The time of the first fall is the third day after the summer solstice, and the time of the last day is the first day after the beginning of autumn. Both have fixed times, so the time is 10 days. As for what is Geng Day? In fact, it is calculated based on the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. The Ten Heavenly Stems (A, B, C, Ding, Wuji, Geng, Xinrengui) are mixed with the and the twelve earthly branches (Zichou, Yinmao, Siwu, Wuwei, Youxuhai), and there will be a Geng day every 10 days. Everyone Just remember this.

If there are 4 Geng days between the Summer Solstice and the Beginning of Autumn, then the Zhongfu will last for 10 days. If there are 5 Geng days between the Summer Solstice and the Beginning of Autumn, then the Zhongfu will last for 20 days that year. This is the difference.

Seeing this, some friends may ask, why does it feel like the Dog Days of Summer have always been 40 days in recent years? This is because since 2015, there have been five Geng Days between the Summer Solstice and the Beginning of Autumn, so the Dog Days have always been 40 days, and this situation will continue until 2024. It will not be until 2025 that there will be 4 Geng Days between the Summer Solstice and the Beginning of Autumn, and the Dog Days will last 30 days. In other words, from 2015 to 2024, the dog days of will be 40 days for 10 consecutive years. Therefore, everyone will feel that the dog days of summer have been relatively hot in recent years.

Dog Days are also divided into "Gong Fu" and "Female Days"

There is a folk saying that according to the lunar time on the day when Dog Days enter Dog Days, you can judge whether it is a "Mother Day" or a "Gong Day" that year. If the lunar time is an even number, that year is the "female volt". On the contrary, if the lunar time is an odd number, that year is the "gong volt".

There is a folk proverb "The male is inauspicious, the female is cool", "fierce" and "shuang" refer to the hot and cool weather, so this proverb can be interpreted as the year when the male is relatively hot, while the female is cool. Years with volts are relatively cooler.

According to this view, the Dog Day of this year is July 16, and the lunar time is June 18, which is an even number. Therefore, this year is the "Dog Day", and the weather is relatively cooler.

What do "Qiu Bao Fu" and "Fu Bao Qiu" mean?

There is a folk saying that compares the time of the last day with the time of the beginning of autumn. If the time of the last day is after the beginning of autumn, then it is an "autumn fall" that year. If the time of the last day is the same day as the beginning of autumn, Then that year belongs to "Fu Baoqiu". There is no situation where the time of the last day is before the beginning of autumn.. Because as mentioned above, the time of the last fall is the first Geng day after the Beginning of Autumn, so it can only coincide with or after the Beginning of Autumn, not before the Beginning of Autumn.

For example, The beginning of autumn this year (2022) is August 7, and the first day of the last fall is August 15, after the beginning of autumn. Therefore, this year is a year of "autumn fall". The beginning of autumn in 2021 is August 7, and the first day of the last fall is August 10, which is also a year of "autumn fall".

In 2014, the Beginning of Autumn was on August 7, which was Gengxu Day and the first day of the last fall. Therefore, that year was a year of "falling in autumn".

I don’t know if you have discovered a rule. There is a very simple way to judge whether it is "Autumn Baofu" or "Fubaoqiu". If the day of the Beginning of Autumn is "Geng Day", then it will be "Fubaoqiu" that year. If it were not "Geng Day", it would have been "Autumn Baofu" that year.

What are the meanings of "Qiu Bao Fu" and "Fu Bao Qiu"?

There are some proverbs circulating among the people about "Autumn brings autumn" and "Autumn brings autumn". For example, you often hear "If you are not afraid of autumn, you are afraid of autumn", "Autumn is cool and autumn is hot." "I have to cry", "It's so hot in autumn that the dog will die, it's cool in autumn" and so on.

"Don't be afraid of the "Autumn Period", but be afraid of the "Autumn Period" years. This means that if you are not afraid of the "Autumn Period" years, you are afraid of the "Autumn Period" years. This means that the "Autumn Period" years are cooler, and the "Autumn Period" years are cooler. The years of "Fu Baoqiu" are relatively hot.

In the same way, the meanings of the two sentences "Autumn is cool and cool in Autumn, but hot in Autumn makes you cry" and "Autumn is so hot that it kills dogs, Autumn is cool and chilly" means the same as above. If it is the year of "Autumn" , there will be a chilly feeling, and in the year of "autumn rain", the metaphors of "crying with heat" and "hot dog" are used to indicate that the weather will be very hot. According to this view, this year is a year of "autumn weather" and the weather will be relatively hot.

To summarize the above three aspects, in terms of number of days, the dog days of summer this year are 40 days, which is a hot year. According to the sayings of "Qiu Bao Fu" and "Fu Bao Qiu", this year belongs to "Autumn Bao Fu" and it is also a hot year. However, according to the sayings of "Gongfu" and "Mufu", this year belongs to "Mufu" and is a cool year. If there is a conflict between them, which one should I believe?

The dog days of summer are coming this year. What do you think about this?