Autumn · Solar term
End of Heat
处暑
Adjust effort with actual conditions
Illustration & cultural context · 图画说明
The story inside the image
Regional sorghum harvest imagery
Ripe sorghum and fieldwork suggest the passage from late summer toward autumn. This crop choice follows regional farming imagery, not a claim that every sorghum variety ripens at End of Heat. Seasonal cooling is gradual and variable.
中文 · 为什么这样画
处暑，以高粱收获表现暑退与成熟
成熟高粱、田间收获和天空中的鸟群表现夏末向秋季过渡。这是受农谚启发的地域性作物场景，并非所有高粱都在处暑成熟；“处暑”表达暑热趋退的时令意义，也不保证当天立即凉爽。
An editorial interpretation of regional farming, traditional phenology, or local custom. This is a generated illustration, not a documentary photograph or a forecast for every place.
Daily seasonal care · 秋 · 收
Gather a sustainable rhythm rather than withdraw completely
This term’s practical focus · Editorial application
Adjust effort with actual conditions
If heat is easing, return to a manageable routine gradually. If it remains hot, retain cooler exercise settings and rest breaks; the term name is not a weather guarantee.
Classical reasoning. The autumn chapter describes earlier retiring, earlier rising, and collecting the spirit. Its association with lung and metal belongs to traditional correspondences, not a diagnosis that autumn symptoms must be lung disease.
Sleep & rhythm
Return to a stable evening routine as your schedule changes. Give yourself enough rest; a seasonal rule should not override shift work or individual sleep needs.
Movement & recovery
Keep familiar moderate activity and adapt clothing to temperature. Gathering does not mean stopping movement or confining yourself indoors.
Food & fluids
Use ordinary balanced meals and regular drinking water. Soup can be a convenient meal format; pears or other fruit are foods, not guaranteed treatments for cough or dryness.
Mind & emotions
Reduce one unnecessary commitment and keep a supportive connection. Reflection should not become isolation or a requirement to feel melancholy.
Contemporary daily-care applications, not a prescription unique to this solar term. Adjust to actual conditions and any existing care plan.
Read the complete seasonal guide →01 · Nature & astronomy
A turning point in the year.
This term corresponds to an apparent solar ecliptic longitude of 150°. It is one of the six traditional terms associated with autumn. The illustration explores a seasonal cultural scene; it does not determine the astronomical date. Calendar day labels are available for 1901–2099 in UTC+8; exact local transition times are not displayed.
02 · Classical reading
Begin with the season.
秋三月，此谓容平。
Editorial translation: “The three months of autumn are called gathering and balance.”
This is a passage about the broader season, not a prescription specific to End of Heat. Read our short four-season guide for the main ideas, and adapt daily care to your actual conditions.
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Connect this season with yang qi, dampness and digestion, food, and tool suitability. A calendar label alone does not establish a pattern or justify a treatment.