Traditional activities of long summer solar terms
Boiled eggs in long summer.
As the saying goes, "if you eat eggs in the long summer, it will not be summer when it is hot." Every long summer, the weather is warm and sunny. At this time, people eat boiled eggs or salted duck eggs, thinking that eating eggs in the long summer can keep fit. The happiest people are children. Parents usually weave colorful egg pockets and beat eggs with friends.
Summer welcoming ceremony
On the long summer day, the ancient emperor would lead officials to the southern suburbs of Beijing to welcome the summer and hold a ceremony to welcome the summer. According to records, during the Zhou Dynasty, on the day of long summer, Emperor Tiandi personally led hundreds of civil and military officials to the suburbs to hold a "welcoming summer" ceremony, and instructed local officials to encourage farmers to work hard. At the ceremony, all the officers and men wore red ceremonial clothes and red jade ornaments, and even horses and car flags should be red to express their desire and good wishes for a bumper harvest. In the imperial court, "open the ice in summer and give it to the civil and military ministers." Ice was stored last winter and given to officials by the emperor.
Long summer weighing
In ancient China, long summer solar terms were attached great importance, and there were many traditional customs. Chang Xia said that the custom of "people" has existed since the Three Kingdoms period. The ancient poem goes: "Long summer is called a person, hanging beam laughs." After weighing myself on this day, I am not afraid of the heat in summer and will not lose weight, otherwise I will be troubled by illness. Although there are different versions of the origin of the custom of addressing people, folklore is related to Liu Bei's son Dou.
Drinking tea in long summer.
In Jiangxi, there is a custom of drinking tea in the long summer, saying that if you don't drink tea in the long summer, you will suffer all summer. On the day of long summer, women gathered together to cook and drink seven kinds of tea, saying that long summer drank seven kinds of tea, which could ensure that she would not be sleepy all summer. From a scientific point of view, hot summer and frequent drinking of tea, especially cool green tea, can make summer heat disappear and play the role of clearing heat, diuresis and detoxification. In addition, the temperature is high in summer, and the human body loses a lot of water. Drinking tea regularly can replenish water in time.
Eat chicken intestines noodles
In Yongding Taiping, every family has the habit of eating chicken sausage noodles in the long summer, and everyone has to pinch chicken sausage noodles with their hands. At this time, the old man will say: "Long chicken intestines, everyone should eat; After eating noodles in the long summer, everyone's feet are very healthy. " Parents want their families to become energetic, strong, moaning, working hard and living long after eating chicken sausage noodles.
Taste new activities
There is also a folk custom of "tasting new things in the long summer". For example, there is a saying in Suzhou that "three creations are seen in the long summer", and the three creations are cherries, plums and wheat, which are used for ancestor worship. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, many people want to eat a bowl of fragrant black rice, which is to mix five-color beans such as red beans, soybeans, black beans, mung beans and white glutinous rice to cook "five-color rice". Later, it evolved into glutinous rice cooked with Japanese bean meat. The dish consisted of amaranth and yellow croaker soup, which was called "long summer rice".
Long summer regimen
Don't eat the food out of the refrigerator in a hurry.
After the hot weather, many people like to eat frozen things in the refrigerator and feel cooler. In fact, it is not recommended that you eat too much food that is too cold. We should eat some food at room temperature, which will cause less irritation to the stomach and intestines and will not easily lead to abdominal pain and bloating.
In addition, cold food is not only bad for the stomach, but also may cause headaches. I believe many people have encountered it. Eating too much ice cream makes the brain feel deprived of oxygen and has obvious headache. Cold food should be kept away from most people who are in poor health, even in the long summer.
Pay attention to nourishing the heart
After the long summer, because the weather is very hot, people's mood is easily affected, and many people will become grumpy after the long summer. Therefore, I would like to remind you to pay attention to nourishing your heart and try to keep yourself peaceful. This can reduce the heat in our body and avoid getting angry.
Ensure sleep
In summer, the days are long and the nights are short, the temperature is high, the metabolism of human body is vigorous, the consumption is also large, and it is easy to get tired. Therefore, it is of great significance to keep enough sleep in summer to promote health and improve work and study efficiency.
If you want to have a good sleep, you should keep the bedroom pleasant, change the quilt cover frequently and ventilate the bedroom every day. Try to go to bed around 10 o'clock at night and keep sleeping for seven to eight hours. If you have the conditions to take a lunch break, taking a lunch break for about half an hour every day will make people better and relax their brains.
Drinking more boiled water is the last word.
Because of sweating, some people like to eat ice cream and drink to quench their thirst and cool off the heat. Director Yang told reporters that the beverage contains pigments and flavors, and the ice cream is too cold to stimulate the stomach. Therefore, people are not advised to eat ice cream and drink drinks instead of water except sports drinks.
Usually drink plenty of boiled water to promote metabolism, and those who sweat can drink light salt water in moderation, especially when working at high temperature, pay attention to supplementing water and salt; You can also put more salt and eat salty food when cooking.
Pay attention to lunch break.
In summer, the heart yang is vigorous and powerful. When the temperature rises, people tend to be irritable. This is because the high temperature has aggravated people's nervousness and excessive heart fire. At this time, people not only have great mood swings, but also have low immune function. If they have problems in their daily life and diet, various diseases will occur. "Nourishing yang in spring and summer", the key to nourishing yang is "nourishing the heart". So, after the long summer, you might as well take a lunch break.
After lunch, in order to ensure the digestion and absorption of food, most of the blood in the body flows to the digestive system, and the blood in the brain is relatively reduced. In addition, after a morning's work or study, brain cells are also in a state of fatigue, so they will feel sleepy. Taking a nap to adjust and make up for the lack of sleep at night can make people's brain and body system relax and rest, which is more conducive to work or study in the afternoon and evening.
How to take a nap is healthier? First of all, don't eat greasy food or eat too much before going to bed. Because greasy food will increase blood viscosity, aggravate coronary heart disease, increase the burden of stomach digestion, and affect the quality of lunch break. Secondly, a healthy nap 15 ~ 30 minutes is appropriate. If it exceeds 30 minutes, the body will enter a deep sleep period that is not easy to wake up. It is best to extend it to 1 ~ 1.5 hours to complete a complete sleep cycle.
Sports massage
Summer is a fire, and the climate is hot, which is the season of vigorous growth of all things, and also the period of vigorous yang and metabolism of human body. After the long summer, the temperature rises gradually and it is easy to sweat. Many people hide in air-conditioned rooms all day because they are afraid of heat and sweat, and are prone to different degrees of qi stagnation and blood stasis. In fact, proper sweating can lower body temperature and detoxify.
Exercise can be strengthened in the long summer season, but after exercise, you should drink water or warm salt water properly to replenish body fluids. In summer, you should choose slow-paced aerobic exercise such as walking, jogging and playing Tai Ji Chuan, and drink warm water properly after exercise to replenish body fluids. The activity intensity should not be too tired, and the time should not exceed 1 hour to reduce the heart load.
For the time of exercise, many people think that it is better to choose the morning, and the earlier the morning exercise, the better. In fact, the air is not fresh before dawn or when it is foggy, which is not conducive to fitness. Research shows that before 6 o'clock in the morning in summer, pollutants in the air are not easy to spread, which is the peak of pollution.
Weather characteristics of long summer solar terms
Summer is coming, and there are more and more thunderstorms.
According to the standard of climatology, summer begins when the average temperature of that day rises above 22℃. Before and after the "Long Summer", only the area south of Fuzhou-Nanling Line really entered the summer in China, while some areas in the northeast and northwest just entered the spring at this time, and the average temperature in most parts of the country was around 18-20℃. The temperature in the rest of South China is about 20℃; The low-altitude valley felt hot in summer as early as mid-April, and the temperature in long summer was above 24℃.
After the long summer, Jiangnan officially entered the rainy season, and the rainfall and rainy days increased significantly. Spring, long summer, autumn harvest and winter storage are the best seasons for many crops to grow vigorously. Adequate light, suitable temperature and abundant rain provide necessary conditions for plants. Monsoon climate is the main feature of China climate. Summer is affected by the warm and humid air flow from the ocean, which is hot, humid and rainy, which is beneficial to crop growth. In summer, crops have entered a vigorous growth period.
After the long summer, the temperature in North China and Northwest China rose rapidly, but the precipitation was still not much. In addition, it is windy in spring with strong evaporation. Atmospheric dryness and soil drought often seriously affect the normal growth of crops.