202 1 what flowers will bloom in the long summer? Why do you want to weigh your child?

Every year in the long summer, people will have some traditional activities to celebrate the arrival of the solar term, but at this time, some flowers will also bloom. So what flowers will bloom in 202 1 long summer? Why do children have to be called solar terms in the long summer?

calamus

Acorus calamus is a perennial herb of Iris. Although it is called Acorus calamus, it is actually a variety of cicada flower, or aquatic iris, which is a horticultural variety cultivated in Japan.

water lily

Water lilies, perennial aquatic herbs. Most of them are used as ornamental plants for hydroponics in parks. Also known as Meridian Lotus and Dwarf Water Lily, pink and white are more common.

pomegranate

Deciduous trees or shrubs of Pomegranate in Myrtaceae. Sweet, sour and warm in nature, it has the effects of killing insects, astringing, astringing intestines and stopping dysentery. The history of pomegranate cultivation in China can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. According to Lu Gong's records, it was introduced from the Western Regions by Zhang Qian. Huaiyuan County is the hometown of pomegranate in China.

hollyhock

Abelmoschus manihot, a biennial erect herb, is named Zhang Hong because it is native to Sichuan, China, and its flowers are mostly red. Abelmoschus manihot is an autumn sowing plant, which can overwinter in the open air and bloom when the wheat matures in June of the following year, so it is also called the mature flower of wheat among the people.

Why does Chang Xia weigh the child?

It is said that after weighing yourself in the long summer, you are not afraid of the summer heat and refuse to lose weight, otherwise you will be troubled by illness. People hang a big wooden scale at the entrance of the village or platform, and a stool is hung on the scale hook. Everyone takes turns to sit on the stool and weigh people. When weighing flowers, the caller said auspicious words. The old man will say that he spent eighty-seven on the scale and lived to ninety-one. The weighing girl said 105 Jin, people outside came to see you. Unwilling, unwilling, unwilling, the champion is doomed. It takes a dozen or twenty-three children to weigh children, and young officials will grow up. The seven-product county officials cannot be puzzled, and the three public officials and nine ministers should climb.