"The willows are first dense, and the curtains are still faint", today, we usher in the seventh of the twenty-four solar terms - Lixia. As the first solar term of summer, Lixia represents the transformation of the seasons and marks the turning point of all things from birth to growth. At this time, the temperature is gradually rising, the summer is gradually emerging, the trees are leafy, a warbler is chirping, and the long summer style is coming.
Heaven and earth begin to befriend all things and show
According to the "Almanac", "The bucket refers to the southeast, and the maintenance is Lixia, and all things have grown up here, so the name Lixiaye." The "Explanation of the Seventy-two Waiting For the Moon Order" also mentions: "Li Xia, april festival." Standing character interpretation see spring. Summer, false also, things up to this time are false big also. The "false" here is "big", and the plants sown in the spring have grown by this time, everything in the world has entered the peak growth season, and the earth is thriving.
Taking five days as a wait, the ancients divided Lixia into three waits: "One waits for the grasshoppers to sing; the second waits for earthworms to come out; and the third waits for King Guasheng." "At this time, frogs in the fields and on the shores of the lake begin to chirp, warmly welcoming the arrival of summer; the climate is warming, and the earthworms living in the wet soil are also crawling out and digging the soil; the sunny countryside, wild vegetable vines are climbing and growing.
In summer, it is often sunny, it is warm and fiery, and it is uplifting. Literati and inkers often express this enthusiasm and love in poetry. "The green shade does not reduce the road of time, adding four or five sounds of yellow orioles", the Song Dynasty once walked into the mountain forest, not only the shade is thick, the mountains and rivers are suitable, but also the yellow orioles cry, the sound is pleasant; "the countryside is idle in April, only the silkworm mulberry is planted in the field", song Dynasty Weng rolled into the field, watched the busy farmers plant seedlings and planted fields, seized this good time, and looked forward to a good harvest; "small lotus stickers Hengtang, butterfly clothes are busy", Ming Dynasty Zhang Dalie approached the pool, looking at the pond full of new lotus, the flowers in the bees and butterflies are busy, so uncomfortable.
Taste the fresh drink ice weigh the health care
Spring to summer, the change of seasons has brought about a series of changes in life, so at the beginning of summer, some interesting folk customs have emerged.
"Lixia sees three new" and "Lixia tastes new" is a folk custom that has been passed down to this day. The specific "three new" often varies from region to region, but they are all fresh ingredients that are seasonal and timely. For example, Suzhou people will include cherries, plums and wheat into the recipe, at this time, the sweet and sour cherries are ripe, and then use the plums to cook a pot of wine, comfortable spring and summer, enjoy the time. In addition, some areas will also eat a bowl of ritual -- "Lixia Rice", and Anhui people often use tender broad beans or peas to cook glutinous rice with fresh bamboo shoots and meat.
In the summer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and people will start to drink some cooling cold drinks. According to the Ming Dynasty's "Imperial Capital Scenery and Material Strategy", "Li Xia, Qi Bing, give the Minister of Literature and Martial Arts, the editor must sell and buy, the two copper cups in the hands are stacked, and their sounds are bumped, and the ice cups are called ice cups." It is also recorded in the Qing Dynasty's "Trivia of the Spring and Ming Dynasties": "Those who knock copper cups and sell plum soup in the city (Li Xia) are far and near those who sell watermelons." "It can be seen that from ancient times to the present, people love to relieve heat by drinking ice, drinking sour plum soup, eating watermelon and so on.
Good food is good, but it should not be overeaten. In the folk, some people will weigh themselves on the summer day to observe changes in the body and prevent diarrhea in the summer. In the Qing Dynasty's "Qing Jia Lu", it is recorded that "every household weighs the weight of the power of the people, and it is also called in the autumn, so as to test the fertility in the summer." Qin Rongguang of the Qing Dynasty also wrote in the "Bamboo Branches of Shanghai County": "Lixia weighs people lightly and heavily, and laughs and makes noise on the scales. "Weighing people" is generally referred to as a traditional scale rod, that is, a stool is hung at the scale hook, and everyone takes turns to sit on the weighing, and the scale people are weighing flowers while playing the scales, while speaking auspicious words, wishing everyone a healthy summer.
Breeze, the beginning of summer, the beginning of summer brings the enthusiasm of life, the power of life, are you ready to meet it?
Source: People's Daily News