立夏 LiXia是二十四节气中的第7个节气,夏季的第一个节气,立夏是标示万物进入旺季生长的一个重要节气,时至立夏，万物繁茂.

It is the 7th of the 24 solar terms

The first solar term of summer

The beginning of summer marks the beginning of the peak season for all things to grow

An important solar term

When it comes to the beginning of summer, everything flourishes

节气简介|Introduction to solar terms

立夏，是二十四节气中的第7个节气，夏季的第一个节气，交节时间在每年公历5月05-07日。此时北斗七星的斗柄指向东南方，太阳黄经达45°。历书：“斗指东南，维为立夏，万物至此皆长大，故名立夏也。”立夏后，日照增加，逐渐升温，雷雨增多。立夏是标示万物进入旺季生长的一个重要节气。时至立夏，万物繁茂。

The beginning of summer is the 7th solar term in the 24 solar terms, the first solar term of summer, and the festival time is on May 05-07 of the Gregorian calendar every year. At this time, the handle of the Big Dipper points to the southeast, and the ecliptic longitude of the sun reaches 45°. Almanac: "Dou refers to the southeast, Wei is Lixia, everything has grown up so far, so the name Lixia is also." "After the beginning of summer, the sunshine increases, gradually warms up, and thunderstorms increase. The beginning of summer is an important solar term that marks the growth of all things in the peak season. When it comes to the beginning of summer, everything flourishes.

立夏表示告别春天，是夏天的开始，因此又称“春尽日”。春生、夏长、秋收、冬藏。由于中国幅员辽阔、南北跨度大，各地自然节律不一。立夏时节，中国只有南岭以南地区呈现“绿树阴浓夏日长，楼台倒影入池塘”的夏季景象；而东北和西北的部分地区这时则刚刚有春天的气息。

Lixia means farewell to spring and is the beginning of summer, so it is also called "the end of spring". Spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Due to China's vast territory and large north-south span, the natural rhythm of different places is different. At the beginning of summer, only the area south of Nanling in China presents a summer scene of "green trees and long summer days, and buildings are reflected in the pond"; Parts of the northeast and northwest are just getting the breath of spring at this time.

物候现象|Phenological phenomena

“立夏”节气到来，自此风暖昼长，万物繁茂。虽是进入夏季的第一个节气，但“绿树荫浓夏日长”的夏日景象，仅存在于中国南岭以南，对于全国的大部，依旧处于红紫斗芳菲的仲春与暮春。时至立夏，万物至此皆长大。正如明人《遵生八笺》：“孟夏之日，天地始交，万物并秀。”

The "Lixia" solar term has arrived, and since then the wind has been warm and the days are long, and everything is luxuriant. Although it is the first solar term to enter the summer, the summer scene of "green trees and long summer days" only exists in the south of Nanling, China, and for most of the country, it is still in the middle and late spring of red and purple and fragrant. When the time comes, everything grows up. Just like the Ming people's "Zunsheng Eight Notes": "On the day of Mengxia, heaven and earth begin to meet, and all things are showing." ”

一候蝼蝈鸣，二候蚯蚓出，三候王瓜生

One waits for the mole to sing, the second waits for the earthworm to come out, and the third waits for the king melon to grow

古代一些作品将立夏分为三候，一候蝼蝈鸣，二候蚯蚓出，三候王瓜生；说的是这一节气中首先可听到蝼蝈在田间的鸣叫声（一说是蛙声），接着大地上便可看到蚯蚓掘土，然后王瓜的蔓藤开始快速攀爬生长。在这时节，青蛙开始聒噪着夏日的来临，蚯蚓也忙着帮农民翻松泥土，乡间田埂的野菜也都彼此争相出土日日攀长。

Some ancient works divide Lixia into three phases, one for the mole to sing, the second for the earthworm to come out, and the third for the king to grow a melon; It is said that in this solar term, the chirping of moles in the field can be heard first (one is the sound of frogs), then earthworms can be seen digging in the earth, and then the vines of the king melon begin to climb and grow rapidly. At this time, the frogs begin to make noise about the arrival of summer, the earthworms are busy helping the farmers to loosen the soil, and the wild vegetables in the countryside are also competing with each other to grow day by day.

节气习俗|Solar term customs

立夏这天，许多地方有吃“立夏饭”、吃蛋、秤人和尝三新等习俗。进入立夏时节，人们的新陈代谢加快，心脑血液供给不足，常使人烦躁不安，倦怠懒散。应合理安排作息时间，补充营养物质，采取正确的养生保健方法。

On the day of the beginning of summer, many places have the customs of eating "Lixia rice", eating eggs, weighing people and tasting three new things. In the beginning of summer, people's metabolism is accelerated, and the blood supply to the heart and brain is insufficient, which often makes people irritable, tired and lazy. Work and rest time should be reasonably arranged, nutrients should be supplemented, and correct health care methods should be adopted.

迎夏仪式|Summer rituals

“立夏”的“夏”是“大”的意思，是指春天播种的植物已经直立长大了。廿四节气反映了四时“气”的变化，气的变化关系到自然节律变化，立夏阳气渐长，万物随阳气上升而茁壮成长。古代，人们非常重视立夏的礼俗。在立夏的这天，古代人们有举行迎夏仪式。

The "summer" of "Rikyutsu" means "big", which means that the plants sown in the spring have grown upright. The twenty-four solar terms reflect the changes of the four seasons of "qi", and the changes of qi are related to the changes in the natural rhythm. In ancient times, people attached great importance to the etiquette of Lixia. On this day of the beginning of summer, ancient people held a ceremony to welcome summer.

尝新仪式|Taste the new ritual

江南的立夏习俗里有所谓的“见三新”，就是吃些这个时节长出来的鲜嫩物儿。在江浙一带有“立夏尝新”的风俗。苏州地方有“立夏见三新”的谚语。“三新”指新熟的樱桃、青梅和麦子。人们先以这“三新”祭祖，然后人们尝食。

In the Lixia custom in the south of the Yangtze River, there is the so-called "seeing three new", which is to eat some fresh and tender things that grow out of this season. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there is a custom of "trying the new in the summer". There is a proverb in Suzhou that "the beginning of summer sees three new". "Sanxin" refers to freshly ripened cherries, green plums, and wheat. People first worship their ancestors with these "three new", and then people taste it.

在常熟，人们立夏尝新，食品更为丰富，有“九荤十八素”的说法。浙江、江苏、湖北、湖南、江西、安徽等地，人们仍然保留着立夏吃乌米饭的古老习俗，乌米饭是一种紫黑色的糯米饭，是采集野生植物乌桕树的叶子煮汤，用此汤将糯米浸泡半天，然后捞出放入木甑里蒸熟而成。

In Changshu, people taste new things in summer, and the food is more abundant, and there is a saying of "nine meat and eighteen vegetables". Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui and other places, people still retain the ancient custom of eating black rice in Lixia, black rice is a kind of purple-black glutinous rice, is to collect the leaves of the wild plant black tree to cook soup, use this soup to soak the glutinous rice for half a day, and then take it out and put it into the wooden retort to steam it.

斗蛋游戏|Egg fighting game

“立夏蛋，满街甩”，斗蛋通常是小孩子们的游戏。要用熟鸡蛋，一般是用白水带壳煮的囫囵蛋（蛋壳不能破损），经冷水浸过，然后装在用彩色丝线或绒线编成的网兜里，让孩子挂在脖子上。斗蛋的规则挺简单，说白了就是“比比谁的蛋壳硬”：大家各自手持鸡蛋，尖者为头，圆处为尾，蛋头撞蛋头，蛋尾击蛋尾，一个一个斗过去，斗破了壳的，认输，然后把蛋吃掉，而最后留下的那个斗不破的小强，被尊为“蛋王”。

"Lixia eggs, full of streets", egg fighting is usually a children's game. To use hard-boiled eggs, usually boiled eggs in the shell of white water (the shell should not be broken), soaked in cold water, and then packed in a net pocket made of colored silk or velvet thread, so that the child hangs around the neck. The rules of egg fighting are very simple, to put it bluntly, it is "better than whose eggshell is hard": everyone holds eggs, the sharp one is the head, the round is the tail, the egg head hits the egg head, the egg tail hits the egg tail, one by one fights over, the fight breaks the shell, admits defeat, and then eats the egg, and the last left that the fight can not be broken Xiaoqiang, is respected as the "egg king".

至于为什么要斗蛋，民间的说法是：“立夏胸挂蛋，小人疰夏难”。

As for why you want to fight eggs, the folk saying is: "Hanging eggs on the chest in the summer, it is difficult for the villain to fight in the summer".