Half a catty, 822 solar terms.

Half a catty of 822 solar terms-long summer.

"Long Summer" is one of the solar terms in the "24 solar terms in China", a Chinese intangible cultural heritage.

In this long summer solar term, there is an important custom called people in many places. In the long summer, after lunch, the ancients would take turns to weigh themselves, watch the weighers count loudly and say auspicious words to the sky to remind people to pay attention to their health and avoid mosquito diseases in summer. As for "Long summer weighs people, laughing on the hanging beam of the scale". "Jia Qinglu" said: "It is often put aside in summer, and the household uses a big scale to weigh people." "Half a catty and eight liang" is not much different from a person's weight. Expressed the ancient people's good expectations and yearning for health and happiness at that time.