Wednesday is the first day of Lixia, or the Start of Summer, in accordance with China's traditional "solar terms." When summer begins, the temperature gets higher, and almost everything grows.
How can you spend summer this year? Click the video to find the answers.
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People enjoy themselves at the seaside in Nice, southern France, July 22, 2020. (Photo by Serge Haouzi/Xinhua)
People jump over a bonfire during the celebrations of the Ivan Kupala Festival in Kiev, Ukraine, July 6, 2019. (Xinhua/Sergey)
People wearing costumes of the Xibe ethnic group dance amid lavender flowers in Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 27, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)
A girl eats matcha-flavored ice cream in Tokyo, capital of Japan, July 30, 2019. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
