中英雙語話中國民風民俗 第40期:立夏
The Beginning of Summer
立夏The Beginning of Summer will bring abundant rain and lead directly to the harvest. Thus an agricultural adage is that "no rain, no rice," and "no rain，we will hang up the hoe." In imperial China the emperors would perform a special rite to greet summer on that day. As the hot weather would cause people to lose weight and become exhausted it became the custom to weigh and drink tea as this was considered a guard against the torrid weather.
立夏將帶來豐富的降雨，並直接帶來豐獲。因此，一句農業的格言是，“無雨，無米下鍋”，和“無雨，我們將掛上鋤頭”。在帝制中國的帝王那一天將舉行一個特殊的儀式來迎接夏天的到來。由於天氣炎熱會導致人們爲了減肥而變得疲憊，這使稱重和喝茶成爲對炎熱天氣的防護。
