The meaning and tradition of summer solstice solar terms

1, Long Xia is around May 6 every year. In astronomy, Long Xia said that this is the beginning of summer saying goodbye to spring. People used to regard the long summer as an important solar term for the obvious temperature rise, the approaching summer heat, the increase of thunderstorms and the peak season of crop growth.

2. According to modern meteorology, the average temperature of all kinds of weather in summer is higher than 22℃, and the actual summer time varies from place to place in China.

3. Eat eggs: On the day of long summer, many places will have the custom of eating eggs, whether they are eggs, duck eggs or goose eggs. Especially for children, in the long summer, a hard-boiled egg will be hung on their chest, which means that they will be very healthy this summer and will not be troubled by diseases.

4. Weighing people: In many rural areas of our country, on long summer days, people like to put a steelyard at the entrance of a village or a densely populated place to weigh people. Everyone sits on the scale one by one and says that the person who helps weigh needs to be articulate and say more auspicious words about the weight of everyone in order to win a good prize.

5. Eat pasta: Because this time of the year in the long summer is just the time when wheat comes on stage, it is customary to eat pasta in many places on this day in the long summer. Many people will make wheat into flour, and use flour to make summer cakes, spring rolls, flour cakes and other delicious foods to eat. This custom is especially common in northern China.

6. Eat long summer rice: Long summer rice is different from the rice we eat on weekdays. Long summer rice is a kind of rice made by people in various ways. There are many ingredients in it, including soybeans, mung beans, mung beans, glutinous rice, or other ingredients that our family likes. The prepared long summer rice has different colors and tastes.