In summer, solstice, Hengyang, Chenzhou, Yongzhou and Xiangxi in southern Hunan will eat summer solstice eggs. On the summer solstice, the whole egg is cooked, shelled and cooked with red dates, which is called eating summer solstice eggs.

People think that eating eggs in summer solstice can strengthen the body, strengthen the stomach and keep pace. The ancients said that eggs were eaten from the summer solstice, and the slate was trampled. 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.

Is it necessary to sacrifice to gods and ancestors during the summer solstice?

Summer solstice is one of the eight seasons. Since ancient times, people have celebrated the harvest and offered sacrifices to their ancestors to pray for prosperity in the coming year. In the ancient farming society, people lived and worked in peace and contentment. They chose a day to worship the gods and ancestors, and they had various regular festivals. Abundant offerings to gods and ancestors developed into festival feasts, and gradually formed some established ways of celebration, that is, the so-called festival folk customs.