The origin of long summer eggs

1. The children in the long summer took part in the "Egg Beating Competition". The children beat eggs one by one with eggs in their hands. The eggshell was strong but not broken. May 6th is the long summer, and the custom of breaking eggs is very popular in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, mainly for children to spend the summer safely. Why do you want to fight for eggs in changxia? Beating eggs means that after eggs and duck eggs are cooked, the head of the egg collides with the tail of the egg until one side hits the eggshell. Finally, the "egg king" wins, and the broken eggs can be eaten publicly. I feel silly when I think about it now, but I was really happy at that time. Perhaps it is the happiness that children can't understand and enjoy now.

2. 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. Summer rope is a long-lived thread, which is tied to the child's wrist with five-color silk thread to pray for disaster relief, summer heat relief and treatment to prevent summer needle. Every summer, I eat eggs and bring them to school with colorful net bags.

In fact, the custom of "fighting for eggs in the long summer" has a long history. There is a proverb about the long summer: "If there is an egg on the chest in the long summer, the child will not be in the summer". "According to legend, since the day of long summer, the weather is sunny and warm, and it is getting hotter. Many people, especially children, will feel tired and weak, and their appetite will gradually decrease, which is called' summer'. The ancients thought that eggs were round and symbolized the perfection of life. Eating eggs in summer can pray for peace in summer and stand the test of' summer'.