What are the fairy tales about Long Summer?

According to legend, a long time ago, there was a fierce god of plague in the sky. Every time he goes to the long summer, he will sneak into the soil to spread the plague and harm others and himself. Anyone infected with this disease has mild fever, anorexia and weakness of limbs. Besides, he is getting thinner and thinner, and he can't afford to get sick. People say that this strange disease is called "summer", and children are prone to "summer".

As the saying goes, "The baby is sick and anxious." When my mother saw her chubby flesh and blood, she suddenly turned pale and emaciated, and she was very distressed. The women cried and went to Nu Wa Niangniang Temple to burn incense and kowtow, asking for disaster relief and blessing future generations.

When Nu Wa Niangniang learned about this, she went to warn athel Loren: "On the day of long summer, I will order my children to hang an egg bag in front of their skirts. You should look for the mark and don't mess around. "

"The god of plague knows that Nu Wa Niangniang has boundless magic and dare not resist." Wang Dengzuo said that from then on, in the long summer every year, the plague god would walk away as long as he met a red and green silk bag with boiled eggs, duck eggs and goose eggs hanging on his chest.

In this way, the custom of eating eggs to avoid disaster has been passed down from generation to generation. In addition to eating eggs, in the old society, Yancheng also had the custom of making sesame cakes and eating beets. In some places, the custom of making zongzi and boiling lotus root is also very popular. On this day, children get up early in the morning to wear tiger shoes, and sit on the hammer to eat eggs before dawn. The eggs that can't be eaten are hung around their necks with an egg net composed of red and green lines, so that children can compete, fight and eat eggs.

Legend has it that people will not get sick in summer unless the sun eats eggs. "Children will not get sick in summer if they hang eggs on their chests in the long summer." You won't get hot yellow disease if you eat yellow sesame seed cake. Children eat lotus roots, which means they will be as strong as lotus roots when they grow up. There is also the custom of weighing people with scales and baskets. Old Yancheng people think that it is not necessary to "summer" to weigh and record.

The children went to the suburbs to set up a wild stove and cook with broad beans, bamboo shoots and rice. Picking Prunella vulgaris, decocting the juice into plaster, and treating injuries for many years. A month before and after this day, sericulture families will stay indoors, and strangers such as friends and neighbors are not allowed to enter at will. Exchanges between villages, including celebrations and mourning, will also be suspended.

"At present, the folk custom of eating eggs and hanging egg nets in Yancheng is still widespread. Exploring the symbolic meaning of eating eggs in the long summer also conveys people's awe of life and fertility. "

In the ancient culture of China, the egg was a symbol of fertility and life. So women give good news to their neighbors and eight families after giving birth, and also send eggs. There is a folk saying in Yancheng that in the long summer, a child eats eggs, which symbolizes "shelling" and indicates a new life. Yue longmen, a carp, wants her child to become a phoenix.

And "Xiaxia" is a unique disease name of Chinese medicine, also known as bitter summer, which is a common disease in hot summer. It is more common in the elderly and children with weak constitution, and infants aged 6 months to 3 years are most likely to get sick in summer. This is because the development of children's central nervous system is not perfect, and the functions of body temperature regulation and sweat excretion are far less than those of adults, so we should be especially careful.

Meteorological changes of solar terms in long summer

After entering the long summer solar term, the rainfall in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and South China increased rapidly in mid-May, and South China also entered the peak period of the first flood season. The rainstorm at this time often has the characteristics of time continuity, geographical universality and intensity.

In the Pearl River system of Guangdong and Guangxi and the Minjiang River system of Fujian, the highest annual water level often appears in this period. There is a folk saying of "Long Summer, Little Man, Manjiang and Herman". In the long summer, the average temperature in most parts of the country is around 18-20℃. At this time, although the temperature in North China and Northwest China has risen rapidly, there is still not much precipitation. In addition, it is windy in spring, with strong evaporation and very dry weather.

The above content refers to Yancheng News Network-the custom of long summer in old Yancheng is to eat more "long summer eggs" in hot days.