What does it mean to eat eggs on the summer solstice? Do we offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors during the summer solstice?
What does it mean to eat eggs on the summer solstice? Do we offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors during the summer solstice? May is also known as the Dragon Boat Festival because the Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year. There is a custom of drinking realgar wine and inserting mugwort leaves to ward off evil spirits and poison. If you want to know more about May, please come to Shui Mo Internet Cafe.What does it mean to eat eggs on the summer solstice?During the summer solstice, people in Hengyang, Chenzhou, Yongzhou in southern Hunan and Xiangxi eat summer solstice eggs. On the summer solstice, boil a whole egg, peel it, add red dates and cook it into soup, which is called "eating summer solstice eggs". People believe that eating eggs during the summer solstice can strengthen the body and stomach, and make walking more vigorous. There is an ancient saying that goes, "Eat eggs during the summer solstice and the stone slabs will break into pieces." Eggs are neutral in nature, can replenish qi deficiency, and have the function of calming the nerves and nourishing the heart. Eating eggs when you are sick can help you restore your strength.Do we offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors during the summer solstice?The Summer Solstice is one of the “Four Seasons and Eight Festivals”. Since ancient times, people have had the custom of celebrating the harvest and worshiping their ancestors at this time to pray for the elimination of disasters and a good harvest. In ancient agricultural society, people chose days to worship gods and ancestors while living and working in peace and contentment, and thus various regular festivals were created. The abundant offerings of sacrifices to gods and ancestors led to festive banquets, and gradually some customary ways of celebration were formed, the so-called festival customs. |
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