Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional culture - Wave with spring and stay with summer.

Wave with spring and stay with summer.

Wave with spring and stay with summer. The next sentence is to celebrate autumn and welcome winter.

As follows: Beginning of Summer is the seventh solar term among the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar and the first solar term in summer.

The Beginning of Summer heralds the change of seasons and the official start of midsummer.

Every year from May 5th to 7th in the Gregorian calendar, when the sun reaches 45° of ecliptic longitude, it is the beginning of the Beginning of Summer solar term.

On the day of Beginning of Summer, many places have the custom of eating eggs, whether they are eggs, duck eggs, or goose eggs.

Especially for children, on the day of Beginning of Summer, a hard-boiled egg will be hung on their chest, which means that they will be in good health this summer and will not be troubled by diseases.

At the same time, children will also play an egg fighting game, where everyone's eggs attack each other. The one whose egg is broken first loses, and the person whose egg is never broken wins the final victory.

The Beginning of Summer is the season when wheat comes on the scene. Old Beijing pays great attention to eating noodles to celebrate the wheat harvest.

It is said that the custom of eating noodles at the beginning of summer originated from the Jin Dynasty.

At that time, eating noodles was to commemorate the joyful taste after the wheat harvest in the north, and also meant that the coming year would have good weather and abundant harvests.

Summer cakes are also a delicacy commonly eaten at the beginning of summer in Beijing. Summer cakes, as the name suggests, are cakes eaten in summer.

In the past, during the Beginning of Summer, there was a custom of making and eating pasta in both urban and rural areas of Changle to celebrate the wheat harvest.

Summer cakes are made by pressing the dough into thin pancakes, stuffing shredded pork, leeks, etc. into the pan and frying them.

The whole family sat together, tasting noodles and cakes, talking about the good harvest, and having fun.

With the beginning of summer comes the vigorous growth of all things. Schools in our city make full use of the educational opportunity of traditional solar terms and actively organize themed educational activities to allow students to review the traditional customs of the beginning of summer, feel the strong local feelings, and enhance national pride.

feel.

Beginning of Summer is the seventh solar term among the twenty-four solar terms, the first solar term in summer, and the festival time is from May 5th to 7th in the Gregorian calendar every year.

At this time, the handle of the Big Dipper points to the southeast, and the sun's ecliptic longitude reaches 45°.

Almanac: "Dou points to the southeast dimension, which is the beginning of summer. Everything grows up here, so it is called the beginning of summer." When it comes to the beginning of summer, everything is flourishing.

After the beginning of summer, the sunshine increases, the temperature gradually rises, and thunderstorms increase.

The Beginning of Summer is an important solar term that marks the peak season of growth for all things.