“大暑運金氣，荊楊不知秋。”
Great Heat season carries the breath of autumn. People in the state of Jing and Yang do not know the arrival of autumn.
大暑是夏季最后一個節(jié)氣
也是一年中最炎熱的節(jié)氣
Great Heat is the last solar term in summer and also the hottest solar term in a year.
現(xiàn)代的我們可以借助空調(diào)
來度過難捱的酷暑
In modern times, we can spend the unbearable hot summer days with the help of air conditioners.
而古人是如何消暑的呢？
But how did the ancients relieve the summer heat?
文人墨客在詩詞中留下了答案
Literati and poets left the answers in their poems.
“攜扙來追柳外涼，畫橋南畔倚胡床。”
Carrying a staff, I come to chase the coolness outside the willow trees and lean on the camp bed on the south side of the painted bridge.
橋畔的風(fēng)帶來絲絲清涼
The wind by the bridge brings a hint of coolness.
“賣冰一聲隔水來，行人未吃心眼開。”
The cry of selling ice comes from across the water, and pedestrians' hearts open before eating it.
早在古代，便有吃冰解暑的先例
As early as in ancient times, there was the precedent of eating ice to relieve the summer heat.
若是河畔的風(fēng)和解暑的冰依然無法抵擋熱浪
If the wind by the river and the ice for relieving the heat still can't resist the heat waves,
那就試試白居易的解暑良方
then try Bai Juyi's good recipe for relieving the summer heat
“熱散由心靜，涼生為室空。”
Heat dissipates when the mind is calm, and coolness arises when the room is empty.
心靜自然涼
A calm mind naturally brings coolness.
