202 1 what are the folk customs in changxia? What are the specific activities?

1. The ancient emperor Chang Xia gave ice.

According to the book "Interesting Festival", the Xia emperors in the pre-Qin period personally led the officials of the civil and military forces to the suburbs to hold summer welcoming ceremonies. At that time, the monarch and his subjects were dressed in scarlet clothes and jade ornaments, riding red horses and scarlet cars, and even the flags of the cars were scarlet. This red welcoming ceremony strongly expressed the ancient people's good wishes for a bumper harvest.

Later, with the evolution of the years, the ancient custom of long summer gradually changed. Dong Liu, an Amin, recorded in The Scenery of the Imperial Capital that the ice was opened in summer and given to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs. It can be seen that on the day of the arrival of the long summer in the Ming Dynasty, the official in charge of ice administration in the imperial court would dig up the ice stored in the winter cellar, chop it up and distribute it to officials at all levels by the emperor. In fact, it was not from the Ming Dynasty that Emperor Chang Xia gave ice. According to textual research, it has become a routine and custom for Emperor Chang Xia to send ice to ministers in the Song Dynasty.

In the folk, although ancient people can't eat ice in summer, they have the traditional custom of drinking ice on this day. Or in "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital": When the ice is opened in summer, people (ordinary people) have to sell and buy, and two copper lamps are stacked in their hands, which makes them stumble, huh? Ice lamp? .

Jean Lian's Notes on the Spring and Autumn Period and the Ming Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty also recorded that those who knock bronze lamps into the city to sell plum soup in midsummer are far from selling watermelons. According to textual research, the bronze lamp mentioned above is actually a wooden barrel filled with iced drinks. Copper lamps are generally black-painted copper hoops covered with bronze crescent covers, which not only means that sour plum soup is made at night, but also means that it is a signboard to attract customers.

Weigh a person

There is a custom of weighing people after lunch in the long summer. An ancient poem said: a long summer is called a person, and the boudoir hangs a beam and laughs. People hang a big wooden scale and a stool on the hook, and everyone takes turns sitting on the stool to weigh people.

Drink porridge

According to local historical records, in ancient China, people formed the custom of eating porridge and hanging eggs every solar term in the long summer. According to folklore, Chang Xia drinks Chang Xia porridge on this day to keep his family safe in the new year.

Try new things

Many places have the traditional custom of long summer and early taste. People taste seasonal food to pray for health and good luck.