What are the customs of summer vacation in the 24 solar terms?

What are the customs of summer vacation in the 24 solar terms?

1, travel to welcome autumn

After summer, autumn is getting stronger, which is a good time for people to swim in the countryside and enjoy autumn scenery. After the heat, even those clouds in the sky seem to be evacuated and comfortable. There has always been a saying among the people that "seeing a clever cloud in July and August" means "going out to welcome autumn".

2. River lamp

River lanterns, also known as "lotus lanterns", usually put lights or candles on the base, and put them into rivers, lakes and seas during the Mid-Autumn Festival to let them float.

3. Fishing Festival

For coastal fishermen, the summer heat is the harvest season. During the summer vacation every year, the annual grand fishing festival will be held along the coast of Zhejiang. On the day when fishing in the East China Sea ended, the fishermen were sent out to sea.

4. Duck

There is a folk tradition of eating ducks in summer. Duck meat is sweet, salty and cold, and has the functions of nourishing yin and stomach, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Black-bone duck has great medicinal value and can relieve hot flashes and cough of tuberculosis patients. Old ducks can tonify deficiency and nourish yin, which is beneficial to those who have been sick for a long time or vomited blood because of fatigue. Duck practices are also varied, including boiled duck, lemon duck, roast duck and lotus leaf duck.

5, longan with porridge

Old Fuzhou wants to eat longan with porridge in summer, because the weather in summer is hot and the human body consumes more calories. Eating longan can supplement calories. Longan is warm, benefiting the heart and spleen, nourishing qi and blood, and nourishing qi. How to eat it is to peel a bowl of longan and eat it with porridge.

6. Herbal tea

This custom has been popular since the Tang Dynasty, and every household has the habit of frying herbal tea in summer vacation. First go to the pharmacy to make a prescription, and then make tea at home, which means eating something "bitter" in autumn. Herbal tea is quite beneficial in clearing away heat and fire, resolving food stagnation and clearing lung heat.

7.oatmeal and pumpkin porridge

Pumpkin is called "the first melon in autumn", which can reduce blood fat, blood sugar, promote intestinal peristalsis, and help the human body excrete metabolic wastes such as oxidative free radicals. Oats can effectively reduce the cholesterol content in human body and improve blood circulation.

8. ancestor worship

Most of the folk customs around the summer solar terms are related to ancestor worship and welcoming autumn. Around the summer vacation, there will be folk activities to celebrate the Central Plains, commonly known as "July 30" or "Central Plains Festival".

In the old society, people began to open the gate of hell on the first day of July, and it didn't end until the end of the month. During this period, Purdue giving activities were held. It is said that Purdue activities started with the opening of the gate of hell, and then lanterns were erected and river lanterns were set off, causing lonely souls and wild ghosts; The main body is to build Pudu altar, build solitary shed, and intervene in robbing orphans. Finally, it ends with closing the gate of hell.

9, worship the land god

The summer solar term coincides with the harvest season of crops, and farmers hold various ceremonies to thank the land god. Some killed animals to worship in the land temple, some planted flags in the middle of the field to express their gratitude, and some didn't wash their feet when they came home from work in the field on this day, for fear of washing away the harvest.

On July 15th, offering sacrifices to land and crops is still a folk custom. Scatter sacrifices in the fields. After burning the paper, wrap it on the ears of crops with cut five-color paper. Legend has it that autumn can avoid hail and get a bumper harvest. At the same time, some places have to go to Houtu Temple to offer sacrifices. Hemp and valley are hung at the gate of Dingxiang county folk custom.

Why do you want to put river lights on in summer?

In primitive society, limited by the understanding of nature, for a long time, Han ancestors believed that fire was the source of all things, became a totem of worship, a symbol of good fortune and warmth, and overcame cold and hunger. In the era of fishing and hunting, people sailed out to sea and went down to the lake to avoid storms. When crossing dangerous rocks, beaches or rough seas, they make bamboo boats with wooden boards, light candles for sacrifice, and make sails with colored paper to drift in the water, praying for the safety of Poseidon. This custom is still popular among fishermen in Taiwan Province Province, Fujian Province and Guangdong Province, and is called Lantern. BC 1 1 In the Zhou Dynasty, the slave society, Duke Zhou assisted the King of Wu in Bucheng Luoyi, and held a banquet in Qushui to celebrate. "Water overflowed wine" and "feathers drifted with the tide" day and night, putting lamps on the lamps of wine glasses, and the lamps and wines evolved from cups and lamps flowed one after another. The Book of Songs in the Spring and Autumn Period recorded the folk custom of Qin Gui and his wife holding candles to summon spirits and protect spirits and holding orchids to ward off evil spirits. Slave society is a society that invades neighboring countries and is constantly at war. When ships are used to attack cities and plunder villages, it has become a common practice to bury the fallen soldiers in the water and put flowers and lights on the rafts. On August 15th, Zhou Dynasty, there was a song and dance activity around the bonfire to welcome the cold with fire, "holding a lantern to make a toad open". In the Jin Dynasty, on the brightest and roundest night of the moon every year, people "indulged in playing with the moon, and the candle lit unexpectedly" and "played with the moon by boat". These activities were earlier than Taoism in Han Dynasty and Buddhism introduced into China in Han and Jin Dynasties.