Why does Chang Xia eat eggs? Why do you want to top an egg?

Shengzhou: Folklore, eating eggs in the long summer, leaning on the heart. Because eggs are shaped like a heart, people think that eating eggs can keep the spirit from losing money. It will be a hot summer after a long summer. In order not to lose weight in hot summer, Chang Xia should take supplements. Gannan: Long summer, one of the 24 solar terms, wants to eat salted eggs. There is a saying that "if you don't eat eggs in the long summer, you will fall down the mountain." It is intended to make up for summer and strengthen the body, and it is labor-intensive. Because the long summer begins to enter the hot summer, people tend to lose weight and lose weight in hot weather. It is said that eating eggs in the long summer is called "summer tonic", so that people will not lose weight in summer, have enough energy and work effectively. Rugao: After the long summer every year, the weather is sunny and warm, and the heat is coming. Many people, especially young girls, are prone to fatigue, anorexia and emaciation. Rugao people call it "Xia Xia". Legend has it that a long time ago, Nu Wa Niangniang won the battle to spread this plague and plague in order to prevent herself from having summer. The plague ensured that all the descendants of Nu Wa Niangniang would not be harmed. Nu Wa sent a message to the people: On the second summer day, Xiao Ya hung cooked chicken, duck and goose eggs on his chest to avoid the plague in summer. Therefore, there is an old saying in Rugao: "If you eat an egg in the long summer, it will not be summer on a hot day." . The custom of eating eggs on the Long Summer Festival has been passed down to this day. Other places: boiled eggs with shell peeled are bare, and the skin is so smooth without boils after eating.

Top egg is an egg game. At noon in the long summer, every household cooks the eggs (the eggs are cooked in shells and cannot be damaged), then soaks them in cold water for a few minutes, then wraps them in woven bags and hangs them around the children's necks. Children will play egg-beating games in groups of three or five. An egg has two heads, the pointed one is the head and the round one is the tail. When you beat eggs, the head of the egg hits the head of the egg and the tail of the egg hits the tail of the egg. Fight one by one, the loser gives up, and finally the high and low are separated. The winner of the egg head is the first, and the egg is king; The second egg won in the end. The egg is called Xiao Wang or Er Wang. As the saying goes, "an egg hangs on the chest in the long summer, and the child has no summer sickness." Summer sickness is a common anorexia, which can cause abdominal distension, fatigue and emaciation in summer, especially for children.