- CHINA & THE WORLD - Culture China - Festivals & Customs

Summer Solstice: Sun reaches its zenith height

chinadaily.com.cn
| August 14, 2025
2025-08-14
Summer Solstice writes earth's verses in flames of light. Nature basks in intense brilliance and cicada's song resonates through airy lace. Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet Gao Pian wrote in his poem "Summer Day in Mountain Pavilion": The summer day’s as long as the green shade’s cool; The pavilion casts its shadow into the pool. Let's cherish nature's splendor, bright and brief, before twilight claims its waning flow.


9013901