What are the customs of the Rising Summer Day?

Rising Summer Day. To people today, the Rising Summer is nothing more than a festival that indicates the end of spring and the beginning of summer as a result. However, our forefathers treated summer as an important day. The old custom of summer is also a traditional folk festival, called "Summer Festival." In ancient times, the Son of Heaven led all the officials to welcome the summer in the southern suburb, and held the ceremony of sacrificing to Emperor Yan Di and Zhu Rong. To the Ming Dynasty folk began to taste the new custom, the Qing Dynasty, there are more sacrifices to the gods, taste the new, feed the festival, weighing people, cooking new tea and other customs. Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other areas still retain eating summer eggs, healthy foot bamboo shoots, five tiger Dan, three and a half and other "eat complementary food" dietary customs; Xuanwei region in Yunnan has the door plug soap pod branches, red flowers to pressure Chong, around the foot of the gray wall to avoid the custom of snake. Part of China's ethnic minorities also have the custom of summer festival. I specifically organized the common customs of the summer, for your reference:

Customs of summer: eat eggs in summer

While the traditional food customs across the country on the day of summer have their own special characteristics, but when it comes to the day of summer the most classic food is the "summer egg". The day before the summer, many people began to cook "summer eggs" at home, usually with tea leaves or walnut shells to cook, watching the egg shells slowly turn red, full of fragrant house. Tea eggs should be eaten while hot, eat a good pouring wine, sprinkle some fine salt, wine and tea, and fragrant and flavorful.

The custom of "eating eggs in summer" has a long history. As the saying goes, "Eat the egg in the summer, hot days are not resistance to summer." According to legend, from the day of summer, the weather is warm and sunny and gradually hot, many people, especially children, will have the feeling of physical fatigue and weakness of the limbs, loss of appetite and gradually lose weight, called "Resistance and Propulsion". Mother Nuwa told the people, every year on the day of summer, children's chest hung on the boiled eggs of chickens, ducks and geese, can be avoided Resistance to summer. Therefore, the custom of eating eggs at the summer festival has continued until now.

The ancients believed that the egg round, round, symbolizing the success of life, eat eggs on the day of summer can pray for the peace of summer, the test of "resistance to summer". Summer generally in the fourth month of the lunar calendar, "April eggs as cheap as vegetables", people put the eggs into the leftover "seven tea" boiled and burned into the "tea eggs". Later, people improved the cooking method, in the "seven tea" in the addition of fennel, meat brine, cinnamon, ginger, from now on, tea eggs is no longer a summer festival food, and has become one of China's traditional snacks.

Summer customs: cooking tripod side of the summer

Summer season, Fuzhou custom popular cooking tripod side "do summer". Dingbian paste (also known as pot paste), with rice paste shabu shabu pot side of the boiler and become, with shrimp, shrimp oil, green onion vegetables, gold needles, black fungus, clams, or a small amount of mushrooms, razor clams and other seafood broth, the flavor is extremely meat beautiful and delicious. Anyone who grows up in Fuzhou or lives in Fuzhou for a long time loves to eat it. It has become a famous snack in Fuzhou and a special symbol of Fuzhou. Fuzhou people living abroad, in a foreign country, the first time I heard "Dingbian paste" three words, as if to see the hometown of the "silhouette", to become a love of ancestors and love the hometown of the flavor of the snacks.

The summer cooking Dingbian "do summer", prevalent in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The summer has entered the busy season. On this day, not only did the family eat well and then work in the fields, but they also gave the food to each other and their neighbors to savor. As in the case of shabu-shabu, the food is cooked as soon as it is cooked, in order to build relationships. The traditional virtues of the Fuzhou people are reflected in the "Golden Alley and Silver Township".

From the point of view of the legend of Dingbian paste, it is even more meaningful to eat Dingbian on the occasion of "doing summer". During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the coastal cities and towns of Fuzhou were often harassed by Japanese pirates. Qi Jiguang led his troops into Fujian to fight against the Japanese, and was welcomed by the local people everywhere. The people often sent food to the Qi family army as a reward. One day, Qi Jiguang's army arrived at the southern suburb of Fuzhou, and decided to take a half-day rest after winning several battles along the way. The people in the southern suburb of Fuzhou had already gathered all the delicious food from their homes in order to comfort the three armies. Unexpectedly, a group of Japanese invaders came out from the direction of Changle and attacked the southern suburb of Fuzhou. The Qi family army gathered urgently to prepare for the battle. The townspeople were cooking and organizing a banquet to celebrate the victory, but it was no longer possible to hold the banquet. I do not know who came up with the idea of grinding rice into pulp, shredded meat, clams, gold needles, fungus, razor clams, dried scallops, and so on, a brain mixed into a high-grade broth, shabu-shabu rice paste in the pot, without a quarter of an hour, a pot of pots and pots of pots and pots of Dingbian paste came out. After the soldiers ate their fill, they fought bravely and wiped out all the Japanese invaders in the sea in less than two hours. The "do summer" to eat Dingbian paste, remembering the national heroes, also has the connotation of patriotism.

Customs of Summer: Weighing People

An old poem says: "Weighing people on a scale on the day of summer, the scale hangs on a beam and makes a lot of noise." The summer of the "weighing people" custom is mainly popular in the south of China, originated in the Three Kingdoms era: legend has it that after the death of Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang sent his son Ah Dou to Zhao Zi Long to Jiangdong, and asked his mother, has returned to her mother's home, Mrs. Wu Sun raised. That day was the beginning of summer, Mrs. Sun in front of Zhao Zi Long gave Adou weighing, the next year, the beginning of summer weighing again to see how much weight increase, and then write to Zhuge Liang, thus forming a folk custom. It is said that after weighing on this day, you will not be afraid of the summer heat and will not lose weight, otherwise you will be sick. After eating the summer meal, hang a big scale on the beam, adults pull the hook with both hands, two feet hanging weight; children sitting in baskets or four feet to the sky on the stool, hanging on the hook weighing, said summer scale can be free of Resistance and Resistance to summer. If the weight increase, said "Fafu", weight loss, said "eliminate meat".

The legend, of course, can not be fully believed, but the summer "weighing people" custom in some areas of the ancient times is undoubtedly flourishing. From the scattered folklore data, summer "weighing people" operation has two types. One is outdoors, hanging scales in the trees, mostly to the old man and child weighing, in order to test the year's fertility; the other is carried out in the household, hanging scales in the beams of the house, by the women weighing each other, fat and thin, laughing and joking, like a game of girlfriends - Cai Yun, "Wu Covet" poems have evidence: "The wind opens the embroidered pavilion The wind opens the embroidered pavilion and raises the robe, recognizing it as a swing play but not. In order to hang the measure of talent on the official scale, assess the swallow thin and ring fat."

Summer customs: avoid sitting on the threshold

Summer also avoid sitting on the threshold said. In Anhui, Daoguang ten years "Taihu County" recorded: "summer day, take bamboo shoots and amaranth for the soup, the phase commandments do not sit on the threshold, no daytime sleep, said worry about summer more tired of disease." Said this day sitting on the threshold, the summer will be tired and sick. 30 years, "Ningguo County Records" recorded: "the summer. To weigh the body weight, exempt from disease, the so-called not shy summer also. Popular rumor is that the standing summer sitting doorway, then a year of mental instability." On the day of summer, children are prohibited from sitting on the stone steps, such as sitting on the seven root, can be dissipated. Medical devices against sitting on the medical device (threshold), said that high-weight medical devices on this day will attract summer foot and bone fracture, such as sitting on a high-weight medical device should be placed on six synthetic high-weight devices, the number of seven, can be relieved.

Customs of high-security medical devices: fighting with eggs

On the occasion of the high-security medical devices, the adults braided a silk thread into an egg sleeve, filled it with hard-boiled eggs, and hung it around the necks of small children. Resistance and propulsion rope that is long-life wisp, with five-color silk thread tied to the child's wrist and other places for its disaster and pray for blessings, to eliminate summer heat and disease, in order to prevent the note summer.

The summer at noon, every family boiled whole eggs (eggs with shells boiled, can not be broken), soaked in cold water for a few minutes and then set on a long time ago woven silk net bag, hanging on the child's neck. The children will be in groups of three or five, the egg game. Eggs are divided into two ends, the pointed one is the head, the round one is the tail. Some also paint patterns on the egg, children compete with each other, known as the egg fight. Fighting eggs when the head of the egg fight egg head, egg tail hit the tail of the egg. One by one, one by one, the broken one admit defeat, and finally divided into high and low. Egg head winner for the first, the egg called king; egg tail winner for the second, the egg called small king or two king. Proverb: "Hang eggs on the chest at the beginning of summer, children do not resist summer" Resistance and propulsion is common in summer, anorexia, fatigue and lethargy, and children are especially susceptible to resistance and propulsion. Resistance and propulsion rope that long life strand, with five-color silk thread tied to the child's wrist and other places for its elimination of disasters and prayers, to eliminate summer heat and disease, in order to prevent the injection of summer.

Customs of summer: Fujian Min Dong area to eat light cake

Fujian Min Dong area in the summer to eat "light cake" (flour baked with a little salt) based. Eastern Fujian Zhouning, Fu'an and other places will be light cake into the water soaked dishes, while Jiaocheng, Fuding and other places will be light cake cut in half, will be fried bean sprouts, leeks, meat, bad vegetables and other folder and eat it. Zhouning County, pure pool town, some villages to eat "summer paste", pot boiling paste soup, soup content is extremely rich, there are meat, small bamboo shoots, wild vegetables, chicken and duck water, tofu and so on.

Summer customs: Jiangsu and Zhejiang eat "seven porridge" "taste three fresh"

Zhejiang rural areas in the summer must eat "seven porridge", also known as drink! "seven family tea". Seven family porridge is a collection of neighbors of each family's rice, plus various colors of beans and brown sugar, boiled into a large pot of porridge, by everyone to share food. Seven family tea is each family brought their own newly roasted tea leaves, mixed and cooked or brewed into a large pot of tea, and then by everyone to get together **** drink.

Suzhou place has a "summer see three new" proverb. "Three new" refers to the new ripe cherries, plums and wheat. At the same time, Suzhou summer to eat sea snails, gluten, white bamboo shoots, chestnuts, salted duck eggs, green fava beans, various hotels in the summer of the day into the store's old customers to offer wine, soju, do not take a penny, so also called the summer "feed festival.

Wuxi folk traditionally have "summer taste three fresh" custom. Three fresh points of the ground three fresh, tree three fresh, water three fresh. Ground three fresh beans, amaranth, cucumber; tree three fresh cherries, loquats, apricots; water three fresh sea snails, puffer fish, anchovies.

Hangzhou in the summer day have eaten "wild summer rice" custom. On this day, the children in groups, to the neighboring families beg for rice, meat. Then go to the field to dig up wild vegetables, bamboo shoots, with stones set up pots and stoves, self-burning white food, known as eating "wild summer rice" or "summer rice". This custom is compared to beggars, that can avoid disaster. After eating rice, adults bring baskets, scales. To the children weigh, see how much heavier than last year.

Shanghai Lixia day to eat eggs. On the day of the summer, the children's neck always hang a red net set of eggs. Shanghai also has a "festival cross the summer to remember the points, eat the stall vegetables to test the treasure called." The custom, the day of summer to eat taro and cauliflower synthesized pancakes, at noon, no matter men and women, young and old to weigh.

Summer customs: the southern region to eat bamboo shoots, acacia beans, "five-color rice"

Sichuan, Iwatan mountainous areas to eat bamboo shoots, acacia beans. Said to eat bamboo shoots foot bone hard, good climbing. Also eat green plums, burn green tea, in order to prevent "moth summer". There is also the custom of eating tofu, said to eat tofu is not afraid of rain, not afraid of red bee stings.

Some places in the South have a summer to eat soft vegetables (Jun Tap Choi) custom, said to eat the summer will not have prickly heat, the skin will be as smooth as soft vegetables.

In some places such as Guangxi, with red beans, soybeans, black beans, green beans, green beans and other five-color beans mixed with white round-grained rice cooked into "five-color rice", known as the summer rice.

Customs of summer: eating rice

Rice, black and oily, fragrant and delicious, by the glutinous rice immersed in the leaves of the tree a few hours after cooking. On the day of summer, everyone in the rural areas of Jiangnan loves to eat it. It is said that this custom originated from Sun Bin, a famous military man during the Warring States period.

Sun Bin and Pang Juan were originally classmates, both students of Ghost Valley. Both were students of Gigu Zi. They were equal in academics and intellect, but Sun Bin was honest and generous, while Pang Juan was scheming. The two followed the master for three years, Pang Juan saw that his studies had been completed and he was going to go down the mountain to make a name for himself, so he said goodbye to the master and came to the state of Wei. Sun Bin thought he hadn't finished yet and continued to study with his master. Ghost Valley had long been interested in this honest and loyal student, so he taught him the art of war, expecting him to save the chaotic world and make his mark.

Two years passed, and one day Sun Bin received a letter from Pang Juan, saying that he had become a great general and inviting him to come to Wei and **** with him to assist the king of Wei. Sun Bin was very happy and looked for his teacher to discuss the matter. The teacher read the letter and was silent, but agreed that Sun Bin should go down the mountain.

As soon as Sun Bin arrived in Wei, Pang Juan recommended him to the King of Wei, and he was very much appreciated by the King. From then on, the two of them often **** together to discuss state affairs, talk about the way to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and discuss the formation and the strategy of using the army. Pang Juan saw that Sun Bin was much superior to himself, and realized that Mr. Wei had already taught the book of war to Sun Bin. He wanted to borrow the book to read, Sun Bin had to tell him the truth, but Mr. Juan wouldn't let him bring it down the mountain. Pang Juan sulked.

Suddenly one day, Sun Bin was kidnapped by a group of axemen, tortured, and had both of his kneecaps gouged out, then thrown into prison. Sun Bin was in so much pain that he not only blamed the soldiers loudly, but the soldiers didn't answer and only said it was the King of Wei's order. Sun Bin felt that he was wronged, he had no fault, but he didn't know why he was tortured, how he hoped Pang Juan could say something fair for him! Pang Juan did come, he hugged Sun Bin's ruined leg and cried sobbing, "How could the King of Wei do such a thing!" Sun Bin also sobbed uncontrollably and asked Pang Juan for help. Pang Juan said in despair, "If it's someone else, what can I do for the King of Wei?"

Pang Juan came to the prison every day to visit, and had good tea and food sent for Sun Bin to eat. Sun Bin was very touched and thought to himself that it's better to be an old classmate than a friend in need. Since Sun Bin's legs were crippled, he thought he had read a lot about war, but now he's an invalid, he can't build a career, what's the use of living? Sun Bin wanted to kill himself several times, but was discouraged by Pang Juan and said he was willing to serve him for the rest of his life. Sun Bin was moved to tears after hearing this.

One day, Pang Juan came to see Sun Bin again and chatted. Pang Juan said, "Senior brother, you have to pull yourself together, although you are crippled, you can't command the army to fight and build a career. But you can still write down your own way of using soldiers, write a book, and pass it on to future generations, so you can also be immortalized for generations to come!" Listening to Pang Juan's heartfelt words, Sun Bin felt it made sense and couldn't help but nod his head in agreement.

Since that day, Sun Bin was up early and sleepy, writing military books every day. Pang Juan came to Sun Bin even more diligently, asking about his health, checking the progress of writing the book of war, and advising him to take care of his health. Sun Bin thanked Pang Juan for his friendship and worked even harder, thinking to give it to Pang Juan when it's finished to thank him for his care.

Months passed and the book of war was soon to be written. One day, the old jailer who was guarding Sun Bin enthusiastically said to Sun Bin: "I'll definitely try to send you home after your book of war is written." Sun Bin smiled faintly and said, "Old man, no need, I'll give it to General Pang after it's written. We're fellow students and friends, I'll be relieved to give it to him."

On hearing this, the jailer was so surprised that his mouth opened wide and he couldn't speak for half a day. Sun Bin asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you?" The old jailer let out a long sigh and said sadly, "Sir, you're too kind and generous, it's precisely General Pang who harmed you! It was he who was jealous of your talent and designed to frame you!" It's true, Pang Juan is smart and resourceful, but he is narrow minded and jealous. He saw that Sun Bin was well versed in the art of war and fearing that it would affect his future, he set him up and amputated his feet so that he couldn't lead the troops into battle and tried to cheat him out of the book of war.

When Sun Bin heard the old jailer's words, it was like a thunderbolt from the sky, he was stunned. After thinking about it, he finally came to his senses and realized Pang Juan's sinister intentions. He was furious, not realizing that his respected friend and fellow student was actually a treacherous villain. He burned all the written military books and thought of a good countermeasure.

The next day, Pang Juan came to the prison, saw Sun Bin's hair and face, crying and laughing, crazy, the written book of war has been burned, so angry that he immediately ordered to put Sun Bin into a pigsty, monitoring, to see whether he is really crazy or fake crazy. Who knows, not long after, Sun Bin will pillow pig trough sleep.

From then on, Sun Bin didn't eat or drink, was crazy, and hung around with the pigs all day long. The old jailer was very sympathetic to Sun Bin's situation and saw him losing weight day by day and moping all day long. The old jailer's old companion knew about this and offered a suggestion: "Use the leaves of the black tree to soak and mix with glutinous rice, cook it into rice and then squeeze it into a small ball, similar to the color and shape of the pig's dung, you can hide it from Pang Juan, and also save Sun Bin's life." The old jailer was overjoyed when he heard this, and busily asked his old companion to do it quickly. The day happened to be the beginning of summer, and the old jailer stuffed Sun Bin with the umami dumplings while he was on duty.

Sun Bin, the clever Sun Bin, did not point to himself, and when Pang Juan came to see him, he smiled and grabbed the pig dung around him and threw it at Pang Juan. Pang Juan dodged right and left and still threw pig dung all over him. Sun Bin clapped his hands and laughed: "This pig dung is so good, if you don't eat it, I'm going to eat it." He said, he touched one "pig dung" and ate it. When Pang Juan saw Sun Bin eating pig dung, he believed that he was really crazy and relaxed his guard.

Qi had long heard of Sun Bin's talent. Tian Ji then sent someone with the old jailer to design a way to rescue Sun Bin. Sun Bin came to Qi and was worshipped as a military advisor, commanding battles from a wheelchair. Later, Qi and Wei fought, and at this place, Maling Road, Sun Bin defeated Wei's army and shot Pang Juan, finally avenging his death.

Sun Bin was so grateful to that old jailer that he had to eat a meal of glutinous rice balls with black leaves every summer. People admired Sun Bin's talent and also made rice in the summer. The custom of eating rice at the beginning of summer was formed. It is said that eating rice can get rid of wind and poison, and even mosquitoes will not bite.

Customs of summer: most of the northern region to eat pasta

China's northern planting of wheat, summer is the wheat on the field season, so most of the northern region in the summer of the production and consumption of pasta customs, intended to celebrate the wheat harvest. Summer pasta mainly summer cake, cake and spring rolls three. Summer cake, also known as hemp cake, different shapes, a scholar riding a horse, the Goddess of Mercy, monkeys holding peaches, etc.; cakes, sweet, salty two kinds of cakes, salty cakes with shredded meat, leeks, etc., dipped in garlic to eat, sweet cakes are more sugar; spring rolls, with a refined thin cake, wrapped in fried bean sprouts, leeks and shredded meat and other fillings, sealing with flour mixed with egg white to stick, and then put in a hot oil pan and fried to a light yellow when picked up and eaten.

Summer customs: aversion to avoid snakes

Summer day Yunnan folklore is concerned about aversion to avoid snakes. Qing Ganlong yuan, "Yunnan Tongzhi" in April, the day of summer, "insert soap pod branches, red flowers in the household, in order to aversion to evil spirits; around the foot of the gray wall in order to avoid snakes. The value of April to avoid snakes, and the Zodiac has been associated with the snake, the Earth's branches of the month, March for the eons, April has been. Summer aversion, door inserted soapberry branches, and red flowers, containing black (water), red (fire) both the meaning. According to the ancient five elements, black is water, red is fire. This is the hope that through the two mutual constraints, to achieve a balance. At the same time, the ancients not only daily use of soap pods to remove dirt, but also to soap pods people medicine, that it has the function of killing insects. It will be used as an anorexic thing, but also focus on removing filth and driving away evil spirits. In the old days in May there is a door hanging soap pods custom, soap pods shaped like a knife, known as "hanging knife", it is rumored that you can scare away the ghosts and monsters. Qing Guangxu Yunnan "Teng Yue state" also said: "summer day, insert soapberry branches, red flowers in the household to aversion to victory, around the foot of the gray wall to avoid snakes." Qing dynasty "wave dome county" records Dali, Yunnan customs: "summer, insert poplar in the door, to ash sprinkled around the house, the name of the day 'gray city', to avoid viper poison." Different from other regions, the door insert poplar.