What does summer vacation mean?

The first summer after a daughter's marriage, her family will take her married daughter back to her family for the summer.

In the old society, the new daughter-in-law took on heavy farm work, which was very tiring on weekdays and scorching in summer. Her parents love her daughter, and they are afraid that her daughter can't afford it, so they take her back for the summer vacation and let her rest at home for the summer. Later, this practice was passed down from generation to generation for a long time, forming the custom of taking the newly-married daughter back to her family for the summer vacation.

In order to avoid the hot summer, the troupe often stops performing for half a month to one month in the midsummer season (July and August every year), which is called "summer break". However, during the summer vacation, some middle and lower performers of the troupe still organize commercial performances to make money.

This also provides young actors with two shoulders to play the leading role on the stage and expands their influence in the audience. Some of them jumped ship and later became actors in Head & Shoulders.