The origin of the custom of eating eggs in long summer

The origin of the custom of eating eggs in the long summer is this: It is said that every year in the long summer, the god of plague will sneak into the lower world to spread the plague, and anyone infected by it is "summer". So, the people went to the Nu Wa Niang Temple to burn incense and kowtow, begging her to eliminate disasters and bless future generations.

Nu Wa Niangniang told people in her dream that on the long summer day, children hung cooked chicken, duck and goose eggs on their chests to avoid "summer". Since then, "summer" has never happened again. In order to commemorate this victory, thanks to the great kindness of Nu Wa, every household has the custom of hanging eggs on their chests every summer.

Chang Xia said that bidding farewell to spring is the beginning of summer, so it is also called "the end of spring". Born in spring, grown in summer, harvested in autumn and stored in winter. Because China has a vast territory and a large span from north to south, natural rhythms vary from place to place. In the long summer season, only the area south of Fuzhou-Nanling line in China presents the summer scene of "dark green trees, long summer, balcony reflection into the pond"; And parts of the northeast and northwest just have the breath of spring at this time.