(Painted by Laili / Tianshannet)

Minor Heat or Xiaoshu, begins on July 7 this year. It is the 11th solar term of a year and the fifth solar term in the summer. As "Xiaoshu" arrives, the dog days of sanfu, the hottest period of summer, will soon begin.

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