What does long summer mean? What do you eat in long summer?

"Long summer" means that the weather gets warmer, the temperature rises, the hot summer comes and the rain increases.

The long summer solar term was established at the end of the Warring States period (239 BC), indicating the change of seasons, and it was the day when the four seasons were divided into summers according to the lunar calendar in ancient times.

"Twenty-four solar terms" said: "It was also the beginning of long summer, when Xia Zhishi was established and everything was false." The "false" here, that is, "big", means that the plants sown in spring have grown upright. Yi Wei has a long summer's theory of "seeing with electricity" But as far as the south is concerned, even in the northwest of South China, where the first thunderstorm is the latest, the perennial thunderstorm began in the middle of April, and it is not necessary to wait until the long summer.

"Su Wen Si Qi Qu Zi Spirit" says: "Xia San month, this is called anti-Hugh; Heaven and earth are in harmony, and everything is flashy. " Summer March refers to the six solar terms from Long Summer to beginning of autumn, including Long Summer, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Small Summer and Great Summer.

Long summer, one of the 24 solar terms in China, is called "long summer" when the sun reaches 45 degrees on May 5th or 6th every year. China has been used to long summer as the day of long summer since ancient times.

The old customs make summer a traditional folk festival, which is called "Long Summer Festival". In ancient times, Emperor Tiandi led hundreds of officials to welcome summer in the southern suburbs and held ceremonies to worship Emperor Yan and Zhu Rong. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that people began to taste new customs. In the Qing dynasty, there were more customs such as offering sacrifices to gods, tasting new products, giving gifts, weighing people and making new tea.

Long summer eggs, healthy foot bamboo shoots, five tiger pills and three and a half "food supplements" are stored in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. In Xuanwei, Yunnan, there is a gate with acacia branches and safflower to suppress sacrifices, and the walls are surrounded by ashes to avoid snakes. Some ethnic minorities also have the custom of long summer festival. It is said that people must eat eggs, seven-leaf tea, plums and wheat bean porridge in summer, which is said to have the magical effect of getting rid of diseases.

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