The common food for long summer in South China is long summer eggs. On festivals, people will boil eggs with tea leaves or walnut shells. People think that eating eggs at this time can strengthen the body. Children like to weave boiled eggs with colorful ropes and hang them on their chests. It is said that this can prevent heatstroke and reduce fatigue. Eating five-color rice in Ningbo, Zhejiang, that is, broad beans, amaranth, diced mushrooms, diced bacon, carrots and other ingredients are cooked with rice, which means that "five grains are abundant" and the whole family is prayed for good health.

Long summer porridge is a custom of Hunan people. It is made of more than ten kinds of ingredients such as lean meat, vermicelli, glutinous rice balls, red dates, pig viscera, dried bamboo shoots, red dates, peas and bean sprouts. It is nutritious and fragrant.

In some areas in the south, people have the habit of weighing themselves. On festivals, people hang weighing scale under outdoor trees to weigh children and the elderly to test their physical changes over the past year. There is a stool hanging on the scale hook, and everyone takes turns sitting on the stool to weigh people. When weighing flowers, the weigher said auspicious words.

In addition, there are festivals to welcome the summer, which are rare today. In ancient times, this was to welcome the arrival of summer, which was very ceremonial. Children are very popular in the game of breaking eggs, and the last eggshell is the winner.