What are the solar terms taboos in the long summer?

What are the customs taboos in changxia?

1, avoid sitting on the threshold.

There is a saying that you should avoid sitting on the threshold in summer. In Anhui, it was recorded in the "Taihu County Records" in the tenth year of Daoguang: "It is said that in summer, bamboo shoots and amaranth are used as soup, and it is forbidden to sleep at the threshold during the day, which is also called worrying about summer fatigue." It is said that sitting on the threshold on this day will make you tired and sick in summer.

2. I hate avoiding snakes

In the first year of Qing Qianlong, "Yunnan Tongzhi" recorded that on the day of long summer in April, "Gleditsia sinensis branch safflower was inserted into households and disliked; Surround the gray wall to avoid snakes. " Avoiding snakes in April is related to the fact that the zodiac is already a snake. The earth supports the moon, March is Chen, and April is from. Long summer doesn't like special things, and there are acacia branches and safflower on the door, which means that black (water) and red (fire) are beneficial. According to the ancient theory of five elements, black is water and red is fire. This is to achieve balance through mutual restraint between the two. At the same time, the ancients not only used Gleditsia sinensis to decontaminate daily, but also used Gleditsia sinensis as medicine, believing that it had insecticidal effect. Treat it as a disgusting thing, and also focus on eliminating filth and exorcism.

Long summer custom:

In ancient times, people attached great importance to the long summer solar terms. According to the report, every day in the long summer, the Emperor will lead officials to hold a ceremony in the southern suburbs of Beijing to welcome the arrival of summer. As the fire broke out on the fifth day of summer, the corresponding color was red. Therefore, on this long summer day, the monarch and his subjects all wear red ceremonial costumes and red jade ornaments, and even horses and car flags are scarlet to express their desire for a bumper harvest and good wishes.

In the 1930s, the Annals of Ningguo County recorded: "Long summer. Weighing the human body with scales to avoid diseases means that you are not afraid of summer. It is said that sitting on the threshold in the long summer will be depressed for a year. " In summer, children should not sit on the stone steps. If you sit, you should sit on the seventh, so that all diseases can dissipate. Avoid sitting on the floor (threshold), which means that sitting on the floor on this day will cause sore feet and bone pain in summer. If you sit in one place, you must sit in six more places to synthesize seven numbers to solve the nightmare.

In the past, mothers often chose this day to get their ears pierced for girls, saying that it was not easy for them to grow back.

When punching ears and eyes, mothers generally don't explain in advance, so as to avoid the child's pain. Instead, prepare an embroidered needle sterilized with fire in advance and coax the child into his arms to eat eggs. When the child eats an egg with his mouth open, the needle quickly goes through the child's earlobe.

Others put ears and eyes on the kitten and tie a red rope.

Dietary customs in the long summer:

1, five-color rice

In the old days, in rural areas, five-color beans such as red beans, soybeans, black beans, mung beans and mung beans were mixed with white rice and cooked into "five-color rice", which was called long summer rice.

Step 2 eat soft vegetables

In some places in the south, there is a custom of eating soft dishes (Junda dishes) in the long summer, saying that after eating them, there will be no rash in the summer, and the skin will be as smooth as soft dishes.

Step 3 eat shrimp noodles

In the old days, in southern Fujian, I ate shrimp noodles and cooked them with noodles. Shrimp turns red when cooked, which means auspiciousness. Shrimp is homophonic with summer to express wishes for summer.

Step 4 eat "light cake"

In some areas of Fujian, it is a custom to eat "light cakes" in the long summer.

5. "Seven Porridges"

Long Xia, a rural area in eastern Zhejiang, eats "seven porridge", which is a big pot of porridge made of rice, beans and sugar from neighbors, and everyone shares it. It is said that after eating this kind of porridge, the neighborhood is harmonious, and I am bent on going to Xia Geng for summer sowing.