1, the first statement, "summer to eat eggs" custom has a long history. As the saying goes: "summer ate eggs, hot days are not resistance to summer." Because from this day onwards, the weather is getting hot, especially children have the feeling of physical fatigue and weakness of the limbs, appetite also began to slowly decline, called "Resistance and Resistance". Mother Nuwa said that every year on the day of summer, children's chest hung on the boiled eggs of chickens, ducks and geese, can avoid the resistance to summer. Therefore, the custom of eating eggs on the day of summer has been continued until now.

2, the second theory: in ancient times, people believe that the egg round, symbolizing the success of life, eat eggs on the day of summer can pray for the peace of summer, the test of "resistance to summer".

3, the third theory: the day of summer is generally in the fourth month of the lunar calendar, "April eggs as cheap as vegetables," the summer to eat the most complementary, eat an egg is equivalent to eating a chicken. After the summer, agricultural work began to busy, people are easy to fatigue tired. Eat hard-boiled eggs, in order to supplement the physical strength to work! In the past, living conditions are not good, eat an egg in the summer, both hard labor before the treat, but also the desire for peace and a good harvest!