Customs and taboos in summer

In the eyes of many people, the beginning of summer is just an ordinary solar term, indicating that spring ends and summer begins. However, in the old days, this was a festival, an important day for the emperor to sacrifice to Emperor Yan and Zhu Rong. The old custom of setting summer was also known as the "Summer Festival". In the Ming Dynasty, there were new customs among the people to taste new ones. In the Qing Dynasty, there were even celebration ceremonies such as offering sacrifices to gods, tasting new ones, feeding festivals, weighing people, and cooking new tea. Among them, most people don't know much about the customs and taboos of eight doors and five flowers. Here are some typical examples for your reference.

There is also a saying that you should avoid sitting on the threshold in the

. In Anhui, Daoguang ten years "Taihu County Annals" records: "Li summer, take bamboo shoots amaranth for soup, phase warning not to sit on the threshold, do not sleep during the day, that worry about summer fatigue disease also." It is said that sitting on the threshold on this day will make you tired and sick in summer. In the 1930s, it was recorded in the "Ningguo County Annals":"Summer." Weighing the weight of the human body and avoiding disease means not being afraid of summer. It is said that if you sit at the threshold in summer, you will be depressed for a year." In summer, children should avoid sitting on stone steps, as if sitting on seven feet, so that all diseases can dissipate. Avoid sitting on the floor on the threshold), which means that sitting on the floor on this day will cause sore feet in summer. It is like sitting once and you have to sit on six more floors to form seven numbers to solve the nightmare.

Yunnan folk customs pay attention to avoiding snakes. In the "Yunnan Tongzhi" of the first year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, it is recorded that on the beginning of summer in April,"planting locust branches and red flowers in households to avoid the evil; surrounding gray walls to avoid snakes." In terms of April, avoiding snakes is related to the fact that the twelve zodiac animals are already snakes. The earth branches mark the moon. March is the day, and April is the day. Summer is very sad, and locust tree branches and red flowers are planted on the door, which contains the meaning of black water and red fire. According to the ancient theory of the five elements, black is water and red is fire. This is the hope of achieving a balance by constraining the two. At the same time, the ancients not only used Gleditsia japonica to purify dirt, but also used Gleditsia japonica as medicine, believing that it had insecticidal functions. Treat it as a disgusting thing, and also focus on eliminating filth and exorcising evil.

The custom of eating eggs in summer has a long history. As the saying goes: "If you eat eggs in the beginning of summer, the hot weather will not lead to summer." It is said that from the beginning of summer, the weather is sunny and warm and gradually becomes hot. Many people, especially children, will feel pregnant, tired and weak in their limbs, and lose appetite and gradually lose weight. This is called "summer". The ancients believed that round and smooth eggs symbolize the perfection of life. Eating eggs in summer can pray for peace in summer and withstand the test of "summer". Summer is usually established in April of the lunar calendar."April eggs are as cheap as vegetables." People put the eggs into the leftover "Qijia Tea" and boil them into "tea eggs." Later, people improved the cooking method and added fennel, meat gravy, cinnamon, and shredded ginger to the "Qijia Tea". From then on, tea eggs were no longer a festive food in summer, but became one of the traditional snacks in our country.

The ancient poem weighing people says: "In the beginning of summer, the weight of a person is weighed, and the hanging beam is weighed with laughter and laughter." The custom of "calling people" on the day of summer is mainly popular in southern my country and originated in the Three Kingdoms era. It is said that after being weighed on this day, you will not be afraid of the hot summer and will not lose weight, otherwise you will suffer from illness. After eating the summer meal, hang a large scale on the beam. Adults hold the scale hook with both hands and suspend their feet to weigh the weight; children sit in a bamboo basket or on a stool with four feet facing the sky and hang from the scale hook to weigh the weight. It is said that the scale at the beginning of summer can avoid summer. If you gain weight, it is called "getting fat", and if you lose weight, it is called "losing meat".

During the Summer Festival of Egg Fighting, adults use silk thread to weave egg sets, put boiled eggs and duck eggs, and hang them around children's necks. Summer rope is a long-life thread. Use five-color silk thread to tie it to children's wrists and other places to pray for them to eliminate disasters, eliminate summer heat and eliminate diseases, and prevent summer flow.

At noon in summer summer, every household cooks whole eggs with shells and boiled them without breaking them), soak them in cold water for a few minutes, and then put them on the already woven silk mesh bag and hang them around the child's neck. The children then entered groups of three to five and played an egg fight game. As the proverb goes: "In summer, eggs are hung on your chest, and children will not sleep in summer." Summer is a common symptom of abdominal distension, anorexia, fatigue and weight loss. Children are especially prone to sleep in summer. Summer rope is a long-life thread. Use five-color silk thread to tie it to children's wrists and other places to pray for them to eliminate disasters, eliminate summer heat and eliminate diseases, and prevent summer.