What does long summer mean?

The representative of long summer means that the hot summer officially begins, the plants sown in spring have grown up, and the temperature will get higher and higher. Long summer is one of the twenty-four solar terms and the first solar term in summer, which indicates that the season has changed since then, and "long summer" means the beginning. After entering the summer, the rainfall will increase, the growth rate of crops will also accelerate, and everything will flourish. On the day of long summer, people have the custom of fighting eggs, tasting new things and weighing themselves in order to pray for a healthy body in hot summer.