What are the solar terms and long summers? What are the customs and habits of long summers?

_ Long summer [one of the twenty-four solar terms]-Long summer is the seventh solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, and the first solar term in summer indicates the official start of the Xia Meng season; When the sun reaches 45 degrees of the yellow meridian, it is the long summer solar term. On May 5 or 6 every year, when the sun reaches 45, it is the "long summer" solar term. It means the change of four seasons, which is the day when the four seasons were divided into summer according to the lunar calendar in ancient times.

Long summer custom: eat eggs in long summer.

Although the traditional eating customs of long summer in different parts of the country have their own characteristics, the most classic food of long summer is "long summer eggs". On the day before the long summer, many people began to cook "long summer eggs" at home, usually with tea powder or walnut shells, and watched the eggshells turn red slowly, and the house was full of fragrance. Eat the tea eggs while they are hot. When eating, pour good wine and sprinkle some fine salt. The wine is fragrant.

Long summer custom: cook diced food while cooking summer.

In the long summer, it is popular in Fuzhou to cook in summer with a tripod. Fixed-edge paste (also called pot-edge paste) is made of rice paste in a pot, with shrimp, shrimp oil, onion, lily, black fungus, clams, or a small amount of seafood clear soup such as mushrooms and dried clams. It tastes extremely delicious. Anyone who grows up in Fuzhou or lives in Fuzhou for a long time loves to eat it. It has become a famous flavor snack and a special symbol of Fuzhou. Fuzhou people who have left their hometown to live abroad, when they hear the word "Dingbian paste" in a foreign country, seem to see the "beautiful image" of their hometown and become a flavor snack that loves their hometown.

Long summer custom: weigh people.

The ancient poem goes: "Long summer is called a person, hanging beam laughs." The custom of "calling people" on the day of long summer is mainly popular in the south of China and originated in the Three Kingdoms period. It is said that after Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang sent his son Adou to Zhao Zilong and Jiangdong to be raised by his stepmother, Mrs. Wu Guosun, who had returned to her family. It was long summer, and Mrs. Sun called Adou in front of Zhao Zilong. The next year, Chang Xia called him again to see how much he had gained, and then wrote to Zhuge Liang to report, thus forming a custom introduced into the people. It is said that after weighing yourself on this day, you will not be afraid of the heat in summer, and you will not lose weight, otherwise you will be troubled by diseases. After eating the long summer meal, hang a big scale on the beam. Adults pull the scale hook with both hands and weigh with their feet suspended. Children sit on the laundry basket or stool with their feet down and weigh themselves by hanging them on the scale hook, which means that they can avoid summer by weighing themselves in the long summer. If you gain weight, it's called "gaining weight", and if you lose weight, it's called "eliminating meat".

Of course, you can't believe all the legends, but there is no doubt that the custom of "weighing people" in the long summer is very popular in some ancient areas. According to scattered folk information, there are two operations of "weighing people" in Changxia. One is carried out outdoors and hung on a tree, mostly to check the fertility of the elderly and children for one year; The other is indoors, hung on the roof beam, weighed by women, and hip-hop jokes are like boudoir games.