The legend of summer solstice

The so-called summer solstice is the longest day of the year. I heard that the solstice night in summer is amazing! Because on this night, there will be many elves, who will drop a magical potion on your eyelids to make you fall in love with the first person you see when you wake up ... The summer solstice is a magical day, and on that night [midsummer night 12], all elves will come out to play. If they hear people's wishes at that moment, they will help people realize them. "

The summer solstice solar terms are generally on June 2 1 or 22 of the Gregorian calendar. For the summer solstice, there are three meanings; First, yin and yang are extremely strong. Second, the beginning of Yang Ming is the beginning. Third, tomorrow's trip to the north. Therefore, it is the best. Twenty-four solar terms say about the solstice of summer: in mid-May, summer is fake, and everything is fake and extreme. In ancient times, the summer solstice was divided into three stages: the first stage was the dissolution of antlers; Second, wait for cicadas to start singing; Third, wait for Pinellia ternata. Although Mi and Lu belong to the same family, the ancients thought they belonged to Yin and Yang. The deer's horn faces forward, so it belongs to Yang. On the solstice of summer, Yin Qi was born, and Yang Qi began to decline, so the front antlers began to fall off. Because mi belongs to yin, it falls in the corner of winter; After the solstice of summer, the male cicada fluttered and sang because of Yin Qi's feeling; Pinellia ternata is a shade-loving herb, named after it was born in swamps or paddy fields in midsummer. During the summer solstice of the Zhou Dynasty, there was a ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods, which was thought to eliminate the plague, famine and hunger in the country. The custom of summer solstice has existed since the Han Dynasty. Wen Chang's miscellaneous laws in Song Dynasty: From the summer solstice, officials have three days off. Liao History records that this day in summer is called Chao Festival. Women enter colorful fans and give each other powder and fat capsules as gifts. Sacrificing ancestors during the summer solstice is often called "making the summer solstice". In addition to the regular offerings, a plate of silk cakes was added. In some places, steamed dumplings paste (an extremely thin pie made of flour and spread in a pot) was given to kitchens and ancestors. There are pancakes, baked with vegetable pods and tofu for ancestor worship.