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What are the customs of the Beginning of Summer? The beginning of summer in 2017 is coming soon. According to folk saying, spring ends after the beginning of summer. Next, let’s take a look at the customs of the Beginning of Summer.

What are the customs of Lixia?

Boiled eggs in summer

As the saying goes: "Eat eggs at the beginning of summer and you won't suffer from summer heat." Every time the beginning of summer comes, the weather is sunny and warm and gradually becomes hot. At this time, people eat boiled eggs or salted duck eggs, believing that eating eggs at the beginning of summer can strengthen the body. The happiest ones are the children. Parents usually weave colorful egg bags and fight eggs with their friends.

Summer Ceremony

On the day of the Beginning of Summer, ancient emperors would lead civil and military officials to the southern suburbs of the capital to welcome the summer and hold a ceremony to welcome the summer. According to records, during the Zhou Dynasty, on the day of the Beginning of Summer, the emperor would personally lead civil and military officials to the suburbs to hold a "welcoming summer" ceremony, and order the Minister of Education to go to various places to encourage farmers to work hard on their farming. During the ceremony, the emperor and his subjects all wore vermilion formal robes and vermilion jade pendants. Even the horses, chariots and flags had to be vermilion to express their hopes for a good harvest and good wishes. In the palace, "the ice melted on the day of the beginning of summer and gifts were bestowed on civil and military officials." The ice was stored in the previous winter and given by the emperor to all officials.