Why do you hang eggs in changxia?
As the saying goes, "an egg hangs on the chest in the long summer, and the child is not in the summer." It means that as the temperature rises and summer approaches, children are particularly prone to physical fatigue, limb weakness, loss of appetite and gradual weight loss, which is the symptom of "summer". It is said that as long as you eat eggs in long summer, you can prevent this disease. Summer onset is a common symptom in summer. Patients with abdominal distension, anorexia, fatigue and emaciation, especially children.
On this day in the long summer, people will boil eggs. In some places, they even boil eggs with black tea or walnut shells, which is called "long summer eggs". Put the eggs in egg covers woven with colored threads and feed them to each other. Or hung on the child's chest, or hung on the curtain.
Long summer. For modern people, the long summer is just a solar term, which means that spring goes and summer comes. However, ancient ancestors regarded the long summer as an important day. The old customs make summer a traditional folk festival, which is called "Long Summer Festival". In ancient times, Emperor Tiandi led hundreds of officials to welcome summer in the southern suburbs and held ceremonies to worship Emperor Yan and Zhu Rong. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that people began to taste new customs. In the Qing dynasty, there were more customs such as offering sacrifices to gods, tasting new products, giving gifts, weighing people and making new tea. Up to now, Jiangsu and Zhejiang still have the dietary customs of "eating tonic food" such as eating long summer eggs, healthy bamboo shoots, five tigers Dan and three and a half; In Xuanwei, Yunnan, there is a gate with acacia branches and safflower to suppress sacrifices, and the walls are surrounded by ashes to avoid snakes. Some ethnic minorities in China also have the custom of having a long summer festival.