The End of Heat means that the autumn is really coming. The End of Heat also means the end of summer, marking when the hot weather will start coming to an end. The cool weather heralds the end of summer. It's the most comfortable season of the year.
處暑至,秋意來。
處暑,即為“出暑”,
暑熱由此止息并潛藏起來。
天高氣爽,預示著夏的真正告退,
到了一年之中最舒適的季節。
In autumn, the cool wind comes and the moonlight is boundless. The beautiful scenes of the End of Heat have been described in poems. Facing the hot autumn at the End of Heat, the Song Dynasty Poet Qiu Yuan wrote in The Weather After End of Heat,
涼風有信,秋月無邊,
最美的處暑,還是在詩詞里。
面對“秋老虎”余威猶存,
宋代詩人仇遠在《處暑后風雨》中寫道:
Fast wind comes with heavy rain, driving away the hot weather.
疾風驅急雨,殘暑掃除空。
The Tang Dynasty Poet Bai Juyi expressed his emotions in Early Autumn in Qujiang,
唐代詩人白居易更是抒發《早秋曲江感懷》:
The hot weather comes to an end as the cool winds start. The autumn flavor is again on the pond, where lotus flowers have been full of fruits.
離離暑云散,裊裊涼風起。
池上秋又來,荷花關成子。
As summer turns to autumn, the fruit ripens and the lotus flowers in the pond become lotus pods, each full of green lotus seeds. The pomegranates bear fruits and green oranges hang on the branches. Some proverbs also describe the good harvest: Sorghum turns red everywhere at the End of Heat; The End of Heat brings ripe wheat and farmers start to build granaries.
由夏轉秋,果實變得飽滿,
池塘里的蓮花變成蓮蓬,結滿青青的蓮子。
石榴長了果,青橘掛枝頭。
農諺中描繪出豐收景象:
“處暑高粱遍地紅”
“處暑滿地黃,家家修廩倉”。
Summer has come to an end. There is no harm in slowing down and experiencing the distinctive autumn and colorful life.夏天就此別過,不妨讓腳步慢下來,感受別樣秋色和精彩人生