Li, also. Summer, holidays.

At this time, everything is fake and big.

At first, the bug can sing, the second time, the bug will come out, and the third time, the melon will be born.

Holiday meaning

Long summer is the seventh solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the first solar term in summer. The festival is held on May 5-7 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

At this time, the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the southeast, and the solar calendar reaches 45 long summer, which is an important solar term to mark the peak season of all things. Almanac: "The bucket refers to the southeast dimension and the long summer. Everything has grown up since then, so it is named Long Summer. "

After the long summer, the sunshine increases, the temperature rises gradually, the thunderstorm increases, and the crops enter a vigorous growth stage.

climatic phenomenon

There are three times in the long summer, the first time is the sound of insects, the second time is the appearance of earthworms, and the third time is the birth of melons.

It is said that in this solar term, the first thing you hear is the chirping of salamanders in the field, and then you can see earthworms digging in the soil, and then the vines of the king melon begin to climb and grow rapidly.

At this time, frogs began to clamor for the coming of summer, earthworms were busy helping farmers to loosen the soil, and wild vegetables on rural ridges were also scrambling to be dug up.

folk custom

Summer welcoming ceremony

The word "summer" in "long summer" means "big", which means that the plants sown in spring have grown upright.

Taste new activities

In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, there is a custom of "trying new things in the long summer".

Egg beating game

"Eggs are thrown all over the street in the long summer", and beating eggs is usually a child's game.

Changxia adult

There is a custom of weighing people after lunch in the long summer. People hang a big wooden scale at the entrance of the village or platform, and a stool is hung on the scale hook. Everyone takes turns to sit on the stool and weigh people.

Live a healthy life

Diet should be light.

After the long summer, the temperature may rise gradually, and people will inevitably be irritable and lose appetite. Therefore, the diet should be light, mainly digestible and vitamin-rich foods, and eat less big fish and meat and greasy and spicy foods.

After the long summer, the dietary principle is "nourishing yang in spring and summer", and nourishing yang focuses on nourishing the heart, which can include drinking more milk and eating more soy products, chicken and lean meat.

Usually eat more vegetables, fruits and coarse grains. In short, in the long summer, you should nourish your heart and prepare for the summer.