Beat the heat: Coping with Major Heat's sweaty days

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Curious about the traditions, health practices and wildlife care during the scorching Major Heat season? Find out with Xinhua correspondents Shamim Zakaria and Liu Jie.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:08 Major heat is the last soliton of summer

00:11 and hottest period of a year.

00:13 As the agriculture proverb goes, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

00:19 which means that if there was no hot weather during major heat,

00:23 the grain would not produce full fruit.

00:29 During major heat, the human body sweats a lot

00:32 and consumes a lot of physical energy.

00:34 People eat some heat-relieving food in a seasonal diet,

00:42 and a common one is watermelon.

00:43 Watermelon was introduced to China

00:50 through the ancient Silk Road.

00:52 Today, China has become a major watermelon producer.

00:55 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:02 With the continuous improvement of planting technology,

01:05 watermelon is planted in digital greenhouses.

01:08 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:12 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

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01:43 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:53 The Huangdi Neijing, China's earliest written work

01:56 of traditional Chinese medicine, says,

01:58 "Spring and summer nourish young,

02:01 and autumn and winter nourish young."

02:04 Major heat provides an opportunity for winter diseases

02:07 to be cured in summer.

02:09 [MUSIC PLAYING]

02:14 Many Chinese choose to stick Sanfu medicinal patch

02:17 at this time to strengthen resistance and prevent

02:20 winter diseases such as asthma and some allergic diseases.

02:23 [MUSIC PLAYING]

02:28 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

02:47 During major heat, not only human health

02:49 needs to be nurtured, animals also need care.

02:53 The zoo has adopted various measures

02:55 to cool down the animals.

02:57 They have activated the water mist system,

02:59 provided ice cubes, and built sheds.

03:01 To cool the elephants, the zoo has stepped up

03:07 its spraying service.

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03:17 The two hippos in the hippo house

03:19 spend most of the day in the water,

03:22 only to crawl out of the pool for a short time to eat.

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03:30 As an ancient Chinese saying goes,

03:32 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

03:34 Which means, all things grow and flourish during major heat.

03:39 No matter how hot it is during this period,

03:42 if you can enjoy the beauty of it

03:44 and spend the hottest season of the year in a good mood,

03:47 you will have lived up to the time.

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03:54 [NO SPEECH]

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