Lixia is a folk traditional festival in China, and Lixia is called “Lixia Festival” in the people, but Lixia is not a legal holiday.
Lixia is one of the twenty-four solar terms in China, and the arrival of Lixia means that it has entered summer, and the weather has begun to become hot. So is Lixia a traditional festival? Let’s find out together.
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Beginning of summer usually means that the plants sown in spring begin to grow, and the shape of the plants has been erected. In ancient times, people at that time attached great importance to the etiquette and customs of the beginning of the summer.
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In ancient times, when the beginning of summer arrived, the emperor would lead a hundred officials to the outskirts of the capital to welcome the beginning of summer and hold a grand ceremony to welcome summer.
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In the Ming Dynasty, the Beginning of Summer, the emperor would ask the officials to take the ice stored in winter out of the cellar and give it to the officials after it was divided. This has become a practice and custom in the Ming Dynasty.
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On Lixia Day, the folk custom in some parts of our country is to roast wheat and barley ears on the fire and then eat them. And on the day of long summer, I weighed myself to pray for blessings.
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In the folk, it is also a custom to forbid family members to sit on the threshold on the summer day. On the summer day, many people will predict whether the crops will be harvested in the current year through the cloudy and sunny weather.
