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 after lunch in the long summer. The ancient poem goes: "Long summer is called a person, hanging beam laughs." People hang a big wooden scale and a stool on the hook, and everyone takes turns sitting on the stool to weigh people.

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. According to folklore, drinking porridge in long summer on this day can ensure a year of peace, disease-free and disaster-free.

4. Eat long summer rice. On the long summer day, according to the traditional customs of China people, we should eat all kinds of rice in different ways, such as black rice and pea glutinous rice? The main ingredient is the most common rice, but it has become different colors because of the addition of various seasonal materials.

5. Try new things. Many places have the custom of "tasting early in summer". People taste seasonal food for health and good luck.

6. Do summer. In the long summer, it is popular in Fuzhou to cook in summer with a tripod. Fixed-edge paste (also called pot-edge paste) is made of rice paste in a pot, with shrimp, shrimp oil, onion, lily, black fungus, clams, or a small amount of seafood clear soup such as mushrooms and dried clams. It tastes extremely delicious.

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 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. It is hot in summer, and drinking tea often, especially cool green tea, can make the summer heat disappear and play the role of clearing heat, diuresis and detoxification.

9. Welcome summer. In ancient times, people attached great importance to the long summer. Another custom is that if summer is not welcome, it will be plagued by diseases and disasters.