When is the long summer in 2022 and how to keep fit?

The detailed time of the long summer in 2022 is 20: 25: 46 on May 5, 2022, the fifth day of the fourth lunar month.

Long summer is one of the 24 solar terms and the beginning of Mitsuki, a dry calendar. "Dou refers to the southeast, Wei refers to the long summer, and everything has grown up since then, hence the name long summer." "Summer" in long summer means "big", and "long summer" means that the plants planted in spring have grown upright at this time.

How to maintain health in the long summer of 2022

thermal insulation

Many people think that when they reach the long summer, they can start to reduce their clothes. For most people, especially joint patients, we should avoid being greedy for cold in summer, and don't use air conditioners or fans moderately.

pay attention to the diet

The solar term diet in long summer should pay attention to strengthening the spleen and protecting the heart. We should give priority to light and digestible foods rich in vitamins, and eat less big fish and meat and greasy and spicy foods.

Pay attention to sleep

After a long summer, you can adjust your biological clock properly, get into the habit of going to bed late and getting up early, adapt to the changes of yang excess and yin deficiency in nature, and increase your lunch break. Avoid excessive physical exertion.

A preliminary study on the custom of solar terms in long summer

Beat eggs in long summer.

Eggs in long summer are thrown all over the street. Beating eggs is usually a children's game and the rules are quite simple. To put it bluntly, it means "see whose eggshell is hard."

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On the day of long summer, people will hang a big wooden scale at the entrance of the village or platform, and hang a stool on the scale hook. Everyone takes turns sitting on the stool to weigh people and pray that God will bring them good luck.

The long summer tastes fresh.

In the long summer solar terms, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have the custom of "tasting the new in the long summer". "Sanxin" refers to newly cooked cherries, plums and wheat. In addition, you have to eat sea cucumber, gluten, white bamboo shoots, shepherd's purse, salted duck eggs and green broad beans in the long summer.