Chinese embrace sanfu, hottest time of year

Chinese people embraced the first day of sanfu, the hottest and dampest period of the year, on Tuesday in unique ways across the country.

Sanfu, also called China's "dog days of summer", refers to three 10-day periods that are predicted to have the hottest days of the year. As a millennium-old tradition, Chinese people are spending sanfu like their ancestors.

In traditional Chinese medicine, sanfu is considered a particularly suitable time for treating illnesses. Sanfutie, a special treatment, has been used by Chinese people for hundreds of years,