What is the solar term long summer, and what are the customs and habits in long summer?

_ long summer [one of the twenty-four solar terms]-long summer is the seventh solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, and the first solar term in summer indicates the official start of the Meng Xia season. When the sun reaches 45 degrees of the yellow meridian, it will pay the long summer solar terms. On May 5th or 6th every year, the solar term of "long summer" is when the sun reaches 45. It indicates the change of seasons, and it is the day when the summer of the four seasons was divided according to the lunar calendar in ancient times.

long summer custom: long summer eats eggs

Although the traditional food customs in long summer all over the country have their own characteristics, the most classic food in long summer is "long summer eggs". The day before long summer, many people began to cook "long summer eggs" at home, usually with tea powder or walnut shells, and watched the eggshells turn red slowly and smell delicious all over the house. Tea eggs should be eaten while they are hot. When they are eaten, they should be poured with good wine and sprinkled with some fine salt. The wine is fragrant and fragrant.

long summer custom: cooking ding while cooking in summer

In long summer season, Fuzhou custom is popular to cook ding while cooking in summer. Dingbian paste (also called pot-side paste) is made by boiling the pot with rice paste, and it is served with shrimp, shrimp oil, onion, golden needle, black fungus, clam, or a small amount of seafood clear soup such as mushrooms and dried clams. Its taste is extremely delicious. Anyone who grows in Fuzhou or lives in Fuzhou for a long time loves to eat. It has become a famous flavor snack in Fuzhou and a special symbol of Fuzhou. Fuzhou people who have left their hometown to live abroad, when they hear the word "Dingbian paste" in a foreign country, seem to see the "beautiful image" of their hometown and become a flavor snack that loves their hometown.

long summer custom: Weigh people

An ancient poem says, "long summer weighs people, and the boudoir laughs on the hanging beam." The custom of "weighing people" on the day of long summer is mainly popular in the south of China, which originated in the Three Kingdoms Period. It is said that after Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang sent his son Adou to Zhao Zilong and sent him to Jiangdong, and asked his stepmother, Mrs. Wu Guosun, who had returned to her mother's house, to raise him. It was long summer that day, and Mrs. Sun weighed Adou in front of Zhao Zilong. Next year, long summer weighed him again to see how much he had gained, and then wrote to Zhuge Liang to report, thus forming a custom introduced into the people. It is said that after weighing yourself on this day, you will not be afraid of the heat in summer and will not lose weight, otherwise you will be plagued by illness. After eating long summer's meal, hang a big scale on the beam, and the adults pull the scale hook with both hands and weigh it with their feet suspended; Children sit in a laundry basket or stools with their feet upside down, and weigh themselves by hanging them on a scale hook, which means that long summer can avoid summer by weighing. If you gain weight, it is called "putting on weight", and if you lose weight, it is called "eliminating meat".

Of course, you can't believe all the legends, but there is no doubt that the custom of "weighing people" in long summer was very prosperous in some ancient areas. According to scattered folk information, there are two kinds of operations of "weighing people" in long summer. One kind is carried out outdoors, hanging on trees, mostly for the elderly and children to check the fertility for one year; The other kind is carried out indoors, hung on the roof beam, weighed by women, and hip-hop jokes are like boudoir games.