中英双语话中国民风民俗 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.
立夏将带来丰富的降雨，并直接带来丰获。因此，一句农业的格言是，“无雨，无米下锅”，和“无雨，我们将挂上锄头”。在帝制中国的帝王那一天将举行一个特殊的仪式来迎接夏天的到来。由于天气炎热会导致人们为了减肥而变得疲惫，这使称重和喝茶成为对炎热天气的防护。
