What are the customs of the end of summer?

1. Worshiping ancestors and welcoming autumn

The folk customs before and after the solar term of end of summer are mostly related to worshiping ancestors and welcoming autumn. Before and after the end of the summer heat, there will be folk activities to celebrate the Ghost Festival, commonly known as "July Half" or "Hungry Ghost Festival". In the old days, folk people would have a ceremony to open the gate of ghosts from the beginning of July, and until the gate of ghosts was closed at the end of July, there would be a Purdue Almsgiving activity.

In addition, after the summer heat is over, autumn is getting stronger, which is a good time for people to go out in the countryside to welcome the autumn scenery. The summer heat has passed, the heat has subsided, and even the clouds in the sky seem to be dispersed and relaxed. There has always been a folk saying of "watching the clever clouds in July and August", which means "traveling to welcome autumn". ?

2. Eat duck

Old duck is sweet in taste and cool in nature, so there is a folk custom of eating duck in the summer heat. There are also various ways to cook duck, including white-cut duck, lemon duck, ginger duck, and roast duck. , lotus leaf duck, walnut duck, etc. Beijing still retains this tradition. On the day of the summer heat, Beijingers will go to the store to buy summer lilies, ducks, etc.

3. Eating rice bowls

Historically, the end of summer heat was a social day. On social day, there must be sacrifices, which has formed a national food custom: rice dumplings. The rice is topped with vegetables in five colors - red, yellow, blue, white and green - representing the five elements. Then the rice is covered with carrots, eggs, bell peppers, fungus, lotus root, and vegetables made with thickened chicken.

4. Place river lanterns

River lanterns are also called "lotus lanterns". They usually place lamps or candles on the base. They are placed in rivers, lakes and seas on the night of the Ghost Festival. Its drifting. The purpose of putting up river lanterns is to bring away drowned ghosts and other lonely ghosts in the water.

5. Fishing Festival

For coastal fishermen, it is the fishing harvest season after the summer heat. Every year during the summer heat, an annual grand opening festival is held along the coast of Zhejiang Province. During the Fishing Festival, it was decided to hold a grand fishing opening ceremony on the day when the fishing moratorium in the East China Sea ends to send off the fishermen to sail out to sea. ?

Pay attention to health maintenance during the summer season

Emotions should be calm: According to the laws of nature, in autumn, yin energy increases and yang energy decreases, corresponding to the incorporation of yang energy in the human body. Under the principle of Qiu Zhu's "receipt", emotions should slowly converge, and should not be impatient or excited about anything, nor shrink and feel depressed. "The mind should be clear and clear, and the nature should be kept quiet." In the changing seasons, maintaining a stable mind and paying attention to the adjustment of the body, mind, and breath can maintain vitality.