stand
summer
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The painting says
LiXia
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Author: Hao Hongxian
Spring to summer to come to the scenery is good
Floral birds whisper red cherries
Good news of the time and the good times
Melon sweet fruit honey hibiscus
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Author: Hao Hongxian
Three summers
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Wait for the grasshoppers to chirp
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When the grasshoppers sing, what exactly is a grasshopper? Opinions have always been divided. According to modern seasonal phenology, "grasshopper song" seems to be changed to "frog chirping".
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Second earthworm out
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In the eyes of the ancients, because the earthworm lives deep underground, it feels more yin than other stings, so it ends hibernation at the latest, which appears lazily and slowly in people's vision.
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The Third Waiting King Gua Sheng
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Although it is said to be king melon, it refers to vines in general. It marks the growth of spring and summer, from flowers and grasses to branches and vines, from the green marks in early spring to the shades in early summer.
Author: Hao Hongxian
Lixia customs
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Summer ceremony
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The "summer" of "Lixia" means "big", which means that the plants sown in the spring have grown upright. At a deeper level, the twenty-four solar terms reflect the changes in the "qi" of the four hours, the changes in the qi are related to the changes in the natural rhythm, the yang qi in lixia gradually grows, and everything thrives with the rise of the yang. In ancient times, people attached great importance to the etiquette of Lixia. On the day of the establishment of summer, ancient people held a summer ceremony.
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Try new activities
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In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there is a custom of "tasting the new in summer". Suzhou has a proverb that "LiXia sees three new". "Sanxin" refers to newly ripe cherries, plums and wheat. People first worship their ancestors with these "three new", and then people taste food.
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Lixia scale people
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LiXia eats lunch and also has the custom of weighing people. People hung a large wooden scale at the entrance of the village or in the gate, and the scale hook hung a stool, and everyone took turns to sit on the stool to weigh people. The scale man weighs flowers on the one hand and speaks auspicious words on the other. The Lixia scales will bring blessings to Ah Dou, and people also pray to the heavens to bring them good luck.
Spring is hidden, and early summer is long
All good things are coming to you
SAY HI~
Editor: Ma Chenqi