1 The custom of "eating eggs in the long summer" has a long history. As the saying goes, "if you eat eggs in the long summer, it will not be summer when it is hot." According to legend, since the day of long summer, the weather has been sunny and warm, and it has gradually become hot. Many people, especially children, will feel tired, lose their appetite and gradually lose weight. This is the so-called "squat". Nu Wa Niangniang told the people that every year during the Long Summer Festival, children hang cooked chicken, duck and goose eggs on their chests to escape the heat. Therefore, the custom of eating eggs in the long summer festival has continued to this day.

Summer begins in April of the lunar calendar. "Eggs in April are as cheap as vegetables." People put eggs in leftover "Qijia tea" and cook them, which becomes "tea eggs". Later, people improved their cooking methods by adding fennel, gravy, cinnamon and Jiang Mo to Qijia tea. Since then, tea eggs have become one of the traditional snacks in China, replacing the seasonal and climatic foods in the long summer.

Why does Chang Xia eat eggs? One saying is that the ancients thought that an egg was round and symbolized a complete life. Eating eggs in summer can pray for peace in summer. "Eating eggs in long summer is not summer when it is hot." Many places have the custom of eating eggs in long summer, which means that eating eggs in long summer can prevent common summer symptoms such as loss of appetite, fatigue and emaciation.

There is another saying: I eat the most in the long summer, and eating an egg is equivalent to eating a chicken. After the long summer, agriculture becomes busy and people get tired easily. Eating red dates and eggs is to replenish physical strength.

This statement is consistent with Chinese medicine theory. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eggs are flat, replenish qi deficiency, and have the effect of calming the nerves and nourishing the heart. Eating eggs when you are sick helps to restore your strength. In the past, when the living conditions were not very good, red dates and eggs were terrible. Eating a long summer egg is not only a reward for hard work, but also a hope for peace and harvest.

Because eggs don't hurt the spleen and stomach, most people are suitable, so even for patients with chronic diseases such as hypertension, eating eggs in the long summer is healthy.