What are the traditional customs in the long summer?

1, eat eggs. There is a folk saying that "eggs are crushed by stones in the long summer", which means that people will be full of energy when they eat eggs in the long summer.

2. weigh people. There is a custom of weighing people in the long summer.

3. Drink porridge. According to local historical records, the annual "Long Summer" solar term was formed in ancient China, as well as folk customs such as eating porridge and hanging eggs.

4. Eat long summer rice. On the day of long summer, according to the traditional customs of China people, we should eat all kinds of rice in different ways, such as black rice, peas and glutinous rice.

5. Try new things. Many places have the custom of "tasting early in summer".

6. Do summer. In the long summer, it is popular in Fuzhou to cook in summer with a tripod. Fixed edge paste (also known as pot edge paste) is made by boiling pot edges with rice paste.

7. Eat spaghetti. Wheat is planted in northern China, and long summer is the season for wheat to appear. Therefore, in most parts of the north, people are used to making and eating pasta in the long summer to celebrate the wheat harvest. There are three kinds of pasta in the long summer: summer cake, flour cake and spring rolls.

8. Drink tea. There is a custom of drinking tea in Jiangxi and Yangzhou in the long summer.