What are the customs in Suzhou in the long summer?

May 5th is the long summer among the 24 solar terms, and Suzhou has the following customs:

1. custom of "seeing three fresh foods in long summer": three fresh foods are divided into three fresh foods: three fresh foods of the ground, three fresh foods of the trees and three fresh foods of the water. These three fresh plants are: broad bean, amaranth and cucumber; Three fresh trees are: cherry, loquat and apricot; Three fresh: conch, shad and puffer fish.

2, the custom of beating eggs: each person takes an egg, the tip is the head, the round is the tail, the egg head hits the egg head, and the egg tail hits the egg tail. Beat one by one, throw in the towel and eat eggs, and the winner is called the egg king.

3. Long Summer Scale: Our scales speak auspicious words when weighing flowers. Chang Xia said that people will bring good luck, and at the same time, they can pray to God to bring good luck to people.