Traditional customs of summer solstice

Traditional custom of solar terms from summer solstice: 1, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors.

The solstice in summer is the harvest season of wheat. Since ancient times, people have had the custom of celebrating harvest and offering sacrifices to ancestors at this time in order to pray for a good year. Therefore, the summer solstice, as a festival, was included in the ancient ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods. "Zhou Li Chun Guan" contains: "With the arrival of summer, go to local things." In the Zhou dynasty, sacrifices were made to gods from summer solstice, which meant to eliminate famine, hunger and death. The solstice of summer is just after the wheat harvest. Farmers not only thank God for the bumper harvest, but also pray for the "autumn report". Around the summer solstice, some places hold a grand "Summer Wheat Festival", which is the relic of the ancient "Summer Wheat Festival" activities.

2. Summer Resort

On the solstice of summer, women give each other folding fans, powder cakes and other things. "Youyang Miscellaneous-Different Gifts": "On the summer solstice, there were words when I entered the model and wrapped it in powder and fat." "Fan" produces wind; "Powder fat" is suitable for dispelling turbid qi caused by body heat and preventing miliaria. In the imperial court, after the "summer solstice", the royal family took out the ice cubes that were "stored in winter and used in summer" to "escape the heat", which was used by dynasties from the Zhou Dynasty and became a system.