小暑 Lesser Heat

As China has the very long history, so the ancestors have figured out many ways to make record of the weather. With the regular marks, people can know the time and weather correctly. When summer comes, the hot weather begins with the time of Lesser Heat. So people know what they should prepare in the coming hot whether.

由于中國(guó)歷史悠久，所以先輩們想了很多辦法來(lái)記錄天氣。有了規(guī)律的標(biāo)記，人們就能準(zhǔn)確了解時(shí)間和天氣。當(dāng)夏天到來(lái)時(shí)，熱天氣以小暑開始。所以人們知道他們應(yīng)該為即將到來(lái)的高溫做點(diǎn)什么準(zhǔn)備。

In my family's tradition, my mother will cook the Chinese watermelon soup for us. She believes that it can drive away the heat in our body. One time, I doubted that function of this soup, then my mother told me that she didn't cook the soup one time and in that year, she got a fever. So she believed strongly that we should eat the Chinese watermelon soup, or we would get a fever easily.

按照我家的傳統(tǒng)，我媽媽會(huì)為我們做冬瓜湯，她相信冬瓜湯能驅(qū)走我們體內(nèi)的熱氣。有一次，我懷疑這湯的作用，然后我媽媽就告訴我她有一次沒做這個(gè)湯，那一年，她發(fā)燒了。所以她堅(jiān)信我們應(yīng)該喝冬瓜湯，否則我們就會(huì)很容易發(fā)燒。

I admire the ancestors' wisdom. They found a way to record the time without high technology. The found of Lesser Heat helps people to get away from the hot weather and let people prepare some work for their crops. The tradition still works no matter how fast the society develops.

我欽佩先人的智慧。他們找到了一種不用高科技記錄時(shí)間的方法。小暑的發(fā)現(xiàn)有助于人們遠(yuǎn)離炎熱，讓人們?yōu)樗麄兊那f稼做一些保護(hù)工作。不管社會(huì)發(fā)展得多快，這個(gè)傳統(tǒng)仍然有效。