What to eat in the long summer, long summer eggs, long summer customs.

Long summer is one of the 24 solar terms in China, and there are some folk customs such as welcoming summer, fighting eggs, tasting new things and eating long summer meals.

Ying Xia

In ancient times, on the day of long summer, the emperor would lead hundreds of officials to the suburbs to welcome summer and hold ceremonies to express his good wishes for a bumper harvest.

Battle egg

On the Long Summer Festival, adults weave egg covers with silk thread, put boiled eggs and duck eggs and hang them around children's necks. Then the children will have an egg-laying game, one by one, and the winner will be king. This game is very popular with children.

Have a taste of something in season/new.

Later generations have a festival in summer, such as tasting new things. Different places will taste different foods. For example, in Changshu, tasting new food will be very rich at this time, and there is a saying that "nine meats and thirteen vegetables".

Eat long summer rice

On the day of long summer, according to the traditional customs of China people, they will eat all kinds of rice in different ways. Although it is just some common ingredients, it will become very appetizing after some innovations of working people, such as the five-color bean rice in the south. In addition, there are some other customs in the long summer, such as eating pasta, drinking long summer tea, weighing people, buying red flowers and so on.