The myth of long summer: the origin of long summer porridge.

There is a legend about the custom of eating eggs in long summer. According to folklore, there is a fierce god of plague in the sky. He usually sleeps very late. It was not until the annual Long Summer Festival that he woke up, took a plague bag and secretly ran to the underworld to sow the plague. Anyone infected by it is summer.

So, the children's mother cried and went to Nu Wa Niang Temple to burn incense and kowtow, begging her to eliminate disasters and bless future generations. When Nu Wa learned about this, she went to talk to the god of plague. The queen said: in the future, you can never hurt my own children again. Knowing that Nu Wa's magic is boundless, the God of plague dared not object, saying, I wonder how many children the Empress has in the underworld? The queen smiled and said, Tell you the truth, on that long summer day, I ordered my first child to hang an egg bag in front of her skirt. Who do you think marked it? Don't mess around.

On that long summer day this year, the god of plague woke up, shouldered the epidemic bag and ran to the lower bound. But from morning till night, all the children he met were wearing net bags on their chests, and he was afraid to do it. Finally, the god of plague was exhausted and angrily exhausted on the road.

After the death of athel Loren, the children ate the eggs hanging on their chests. In order to commemorate this victory, thanks to the great kindness of Nu Wa, every household cooks eggs for their children every year in the long summer, and the custom of eating eggs in the long summer has been passed down from generation to generation.