The origin of the long summer solar terms?

1, "long summer" means "big", which means that plants sown in spring have grown upright. In ancient times, people attached great importance to the customs and habits of long summer. In ancient times, on the day of long summer, the ancient emperor would lead hundreds of officials to the southern suburbs of Beijing to welcome summer and hold a ceremony to welcome summer. The monarch and his subjects all wear red ceremonial costumes and red jade ornaments, and even horses and car flags should be red to express their desire and good wishes for a bumper harvest. In the imperial court, it is also necessary to "open the ice in the summer and give it to Wen Wuda." Ice was stored last winter and given to officials by the emperor.

2. In the old summer, five-color silk threads were tied to children's wrists and other places, indicating that disaster relief and blessing could not cure summer diseases. Silk thread is called "Asha rope", also known as "Longevity Cord".

In the past, every family cooked some eggs, duck eggs or goose eggs in the long summer days, soaked them in cold water, then put them into woven silk bags and hung them around children's necks. Children will play egg-beating games in groups of three or five.

4. There is also the custom of calling people in the long summer. People hang scales under outdoor trees to weigh children and old people and test their physical changes over the past year. There is a stool hanging on the scale hook, and everyone takes turns sitting on the stool to weigh people. When weighing flowers, the caller said auspicious words.