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What are the summer activities?

1. Sacrifice to the God of Grains: It is said that some places have the habit of sacrificing to the God of Grains, which is the same as the intention of sacrificing to heaven and earth. This reflects the good tradition of ancestors' gratitude: although the harvest has its own painstaking efforts, it is also achieved by the favorable weather of nature and the blessing of ancestors.

2. In summer, temples will dry scriptures and utensils, and ordinary people will dry books and clothes. As the saying goes, "On June 6th, people bask in their clothes" and "On June 6th, everyone basks in red and green". "Red and green" refers to all kinds of brightly colored clothes.

3. Early adopters: On this day, people will taste the newly harvested grain and hold a series of important sacrificial ceremonies to express their gratitude to nature and ancestors. It is said that "eating new things" and "eating new things" are the first new day after the Little Summer Festival. Therefore, there is a folk saying that millet is eaten in summer and grain is eaten in summer.