1, welcome the summer ceremony

"Summer" of "summer" is "big" means that the plants sown in the spring have grown upright. In ancient times, people attached great importance to the rituals and customs of the beginning of summer. In the old days, on the day of the summer, the ancient emperors had to rate the civil and military officials to the southern suburb of the capital to welcome the summer, and held a ceremony to welcome the summer. All the officials wore vermilion dress, with vermilion jade pendant, even horses, car flag should be vermilion, in order to express the harvest of hope and good wishes. The court also want to "start the ice on the summer day, give the civil and military ministers". Ice is stored in the previous winter, by the emperor to the hundred officials.

2, Resistance and Resistance Rope

Old times, with five-color silk thread on the summer day tied to the child's wrist, etc., the meaning of disaster relief and pray for blessings not to Resistance and Resistance to summer disease, the silk thread is known as "Resistance and Resistance Rope" is also known as the "long-life strand".

3, eat summer eggs

As the saying goes, "summer ate eggs, hot days do not Resistance to summer", according to legend, from the day of summer, the weather is warm and sunny and gradually hot, many people, especially children, will have the feeling of physical fatigue and weakness of the limbs, loss of appetite and gradually lose weight, called "Resistance to summer". Resistance and Resistance to Summer". Mother Nuwa told the people that on the day of the first day of summer every year, children would hang hard-boiled chicken, duck and goose eggs on their chests to prevent them from being resilient to summer. Children would also gather in groups of three or five and play egg-fighting games.

4, avoid sitting on the threshold

Summer also avoid sitting on the threshold of the said. In Anhui, Daoguang ten years, "Taihu County" recorded: "summer day, take bamboo shoots and amaranth for soup, the phase commandment not to sit on the threshold of the door, no daytime sleep, said worry about the summer more tired of disease." It is said that this day sitting on the threshold, summer will be tired and sick. 30's "Ningguo County Records" recorded: "the beginning of summer. To weigh the human body weight, exempt from disease, the so-called not shy summer also. Popular rumor is that the standing summer sitting in the doorway, then the spirit of the year." Summer, children avoid sitting on the stone steps, such as sitting to sit seven roots, can be dissipated. Avoid sitting on the ground _ (threshold), said this day to sit on the ground _ will invite the summer foot and bone pain, such as sitting on a must then sit on the six ground _ synthesized seven number, can solve the nightmare.

5, summer "weighing people"

Summer also has the custom of weighing people. People in the outdoor hanging scale under the tree, for children and the elderly weighing, in order to test the changes in the body over the year. Scale hook hanging a stool, everyone took turns to sit on the stool above the scale. The scales are played on one side, and the other side of the scales are said to be auspicious.