What are the seven folk customs of summer solar terms?

Summer is a solar term reflecting the temperature change. "Chu" means hiding and ending, and "early summer" means that the hot summer is over, so how much do you know about the customs of early summer? Let's get to know each other.

For coastal fishermen, summer is a good time to catch and harvest. At this time of the year, the annual grand fishing festival will be held in the coastal areas of Zhejiang Province, and it is decided to hold a grand fishing ceremony on the day when fishing in the East China Sea ends to see the fishermen off to sea.

After summer, autumn is getting stronger, which is a good time to swim in the countryside and enjoy autumn scenery. There has always been a folk saying in China that "a clever cloud meets in July and August", which means "going out to welcome autumn". At this time, people often take their families, travel together and enjoy autumn scenery. The folk customs around the summer solar terms are mostly 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". On this day, people will pay homage to their deceased relatives, or go to graves to sweep graves, or burn paper money in front of doors or alleys. There is also the custom of setting off river lanterns. As night falls, the river lanterns made in advance are put into the river to drift along the river to express the mourning for the dead relatives and the blessing for the living.

Besides these, there is also the custom of boiling medicinal tea in summer. In summer, every household has the habit of frying herbal tea. Everyone will go to the drugstore to make a prescription first, and then cook tea at home, which means that it is good to eat something "bitter" in autumn, which is good for clearing away heat, resolving food stagnation and removing lung heat.