夏日,阳光直射,火烤大地,尤其到盛夏,拥挤在城市格子楼里的人,从早到晚汗流浃背,简直热得喘不过气来,实乃躲也没处躲,藏也没处藏。为了避暑,人们千方百计寻找凉爽;然而,中原大地一马平川,既没有高山,又远离大海,怎么办?人们开始动脑筋,想办法,尽量避开烈日的熏烤,设法改善自己的生存条件。现在的人,屋里有的安了电扇,有的安了空调,营造了较好的生活与工作环境。而古人却由于受时代的限制,避暑一般只用两法:一为扇扇子,一为身带玉。扇扇子会自造微弱的凉风,这不难理解。然而,身带玉,何以能避暑,其道理就不易一下予说清楚了。我想玉本是一种石头,自身就是凉的,人们带上它也会觉得凉快;再者也可能同人的心理有关,一见到玉,心理就感到凉爽,炎热也就好对付了。玉驱炎避暑之奥秘至今还是个谜,我破译不了,不过由此说说玉,倒觉得蛮有趣,所以就借题发挥信笔写了这篇散文《夏日话玉》。 Summer, direct sunlight, fire roasted the earth, especially to midsummer, crowded in the city lattice floor of the people, from morning till night sweating, simply breathe out, it is hide or hide, no hidden possession . However, the plains of the Central Plains, neither mountain nor far away from the sea, what to do? People began to brains, find ways to avoid the sun-cured smoked, trying to improve their living conditions. Now people, some rooms in the safety of fans, and some security air conditioning, and create a better living and working environment. The ancients but due to the limitations of the times, summer generally only two methods: one fan, one with jade. Fan fan will make a weak breeze, it is not hard to understand. However, with jade body, why summer, its truth is not easy to make it clear. I think jade is a stone, itself is cool, people will feel cool to bring it; also may be related to human psychology, see jade, psychology will feel cool, hot also like to deal with. The mystery of Jade Expelling Summer is still a mystery, I can not decipher, but to talk about Jade, quite down to find quite interesting, so I borrowed the letter to write this essay “summer jade.”