Twenty-four solar terms: Why do you want to eat eggs in the long summer?

One saying is that the ancients thought that eggs were round, symbolizing a complete life. Eating eggs in summer can pray for peace in summer. "Eating eggs in long summer is not summer when it is hot." Many places have the custom of eating eggs in long summer, which means that eating eggs in long summer can prevent common summer symptoms such as loss of appetite, fatigue and emaciation.

Another way of saying it: I eat the most in the long summer. Eating an egg is equivalent to eating a chicken. After the long summer, agriculture becomes busy and people get tired easily. Eating red dates and eggs is to replenish physical strength.

Summer onset is common abdominal distension, anorexia, fatigue and emaciation in summer, especially in children. Lunch is glutinous rice mixed with peas. There must be boiled eggs, whole bamboo shoots, peas with shells and other special dishes on the dining table. Eat double eggs and bamboo shoots in pairs, no matter how many peas. According to folklore, eating eggs in the long summer depends on the heart. Because eggs are shaped like a heart, people think that eating eggs can keep the spirit from losing money.

With a thriving life, people's legs are as strong as bamboo shoots, and they can travel long distances by their legs. Peas with shells are shaped like eyes. Eye diseases were common in ancient times. In order to eliminate eye diseases, people pray that their eyes will be as clear as fresh peas for one year by eating peas.