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What festival is June 6th?
Like other solar terms, there are many special eating customs on June 6th. From the sixth day of June, Chinese medicine shops and some temples in the market began to distribute ice water, mung bean soup and summer soup made of Chinese medicine. Housewives also began to make their own sauces on this day.
Eat vegetarian food on June 6th every year, such as fried leeks, fried eggplant and baked pancakes. It is not clear whether the custom of eating vegetarian food has profound meaning besides lightness.
See Gu Xiu on June 6th. It is very hot in June of the lunar calendar, and the crops grow vigorously. It's time to spit and show the ears of wheat. Farmers should observe the growth and make good use of it. June 6th was called "Insect King Festival" by farmers. We should burn incense in farmland and courtyard, and pray for God's protection and harvest.
On June 6th, there was a folk custom of enjoying the lotus in old Beijing. In order to prevent summer heat, literati often go hiking in temples with trees, long rivers, Yushui River and the second gate outside Dongbianmen.
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