Long summer is one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar. Although it is not a festival, there are many.

Long summer is one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar. Although it is not a festival, there are many folk customs. The ancient poem goes: "Long summer is called a person, hanging beam laughs." In the folk, people drink cold drinks to cool off in summer. In summer, there is a custom of boiling tender broad beans in Jiangnan water town. In some places, there is also the custom of calling people in summer. "Calling people" in the Long Summer Festival is mainly popular in southern China. In addition, some places have customs such as tasting new things and breaking eggs. In farming, long summer is also a very important solar term, and there are many agricultural proverbs, such as:

During the Qingming period, rain flowers were planted in grains, and sweet potatoes were planted before and after the long summer.

When the season goes to long summer, plant millet first and then hemp.

Before and after the long summer, we grow melons and beans.

Grow ginger in summer, and harvest "Niang" in summer until the sun.

Peas grow in summer and branch every night. The long summer wheat will be pulled out in January.

Long summer wheat is grinning, and it can't be short of water.

Summer sowing grew rice and Xiaoman planted sesame seeds.