During the Beginning of Summer, there is a very interesting custom among the people. In addition to eating the Beginning of Summer rice, they also have to weigh people at the Beginning of Summer. They will hang a large scale at the door of their home, and then take turns using it. Using a chair to weigh people, is this custom also practiced in your hometown? Let’s take a look.
There is a custom of weighing people after lunch at the beginning of summer. People hang a large wooden scale at the entrance of the village or at the gate of the platform, with a stool hanging from the scale hook. Everyone takes turns sitting on the stool to weigh people. The person weighing the scales said auspicious words while weighing the flowers. The old man on the scale said, "Eighty-seven pounds on a scale means you will live to ninety-one." The girl on the scale said, "One hundred and five kilograms, and people from outside the country come to your door. Don't agree, don't agree, don't agree, because the number one scholar is destined." The kid said, It is said that "when weighing flowers, one dozen will be twenty-three, and small officials will come out when they grow up. Don't get into trouble with seventh-rank county officials, and it is easy to climb up to three officials and nine ministers." When weighing flowers, they can only be drawn from the middle (that is, from a small number to a large number), not from a small number to a large number. Outside and inside. Folk legend has it that Zhuge Liang is related to the story of Meng Huo and Liu Adou. It is said that Meng Huo was subdued by Zhuge Liang and after surrendering to the Shu Kingdom, he followed Zhuge Liang's advice. On his deathbed, Zhuge Liang asked Meng Huo to visit the Lord of Shu once a year. The day Zhuge Liang gave the order happened to be the beginning of summer that year, and Meng Huo immediately went to pay homage to Adou.
From then on, every summer, Meng Huo came to Shu to visit him. A few years later, Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, destroyed Shu and kidnapped Adou. Meng Huo did not forget the prime minister's instructions. Every year at the beginning of summer, he led his troops to Luoyang to visit Dou. Every time he went, he would weigh Adou's weight to verify whether Adou was being mistreated by Emperor Wu of Jin. He threatened that if he treated Adou badly, he would raise an army to rebel against the Jin Dynasty. In order to accommodate Meng Huo, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty cooked glutinous rice and peas to make lunch for Adou on the Beginning of Summer every year.
Adou saw that the peas and glutinous rice were glutinous and fragrant, so he ate twice as much. Meng Huo went to the city to weigh people, and every time they weighed a few kilograms more than the previous year. Although Adou had no skills, Emperor Wu of Jin did not dare to bully him because of Meng Huo's act of weighing people at the beginning of summer, and he lived a peaceful and happy life with good fortune and longevity. Although this legend is different from historical facts, what the people hope for is a peaceful world of "peace and happiness, happiness and longevity". Weighing people at the beginning of summer will bring blessings to Adou, and people also pray to God to bring them good luck.
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