立夏为什么要称体重？
立夏（Start of Summer）是中国传统二十四节气（the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms）中的第七个节气，标志着由春入夏的季节变迁。自立夏开始，全国大部分地区温度迅速上升。
The Start of Summer (Li Xia) is the seventh of the 24 solar terms, succeeding Guyu. This solar term indicates the arrival of summer. Chinese “Li” means to start, as in “Li Chun,” Start of Spring. “Xia” means “Jia” (假) in ancient Chinese, meaning growth. Start of Summer means the beginning of growth in nature.
立夏是中国传统二十四节气中的第七个节气，在谷雨之后。顾名思义，立夏预示着夏天的到来。古籍《月令七十二候集解》中说，“立，建始也”，“夏，假也，物至此时皆假大也。”立夏之时，自然万物开始生长。
这天，人们会挂起一杆大秤，秤钩悬上一条凳子，老人和孩子们轮流坐上去称重。司秤人一面打秤花，一面说吉祥话。
After lunch on the day of Start of Summer, people would suspend a stool. The young and old took turns to get weighed while the person calculating the weight would offer good wishes and auspicious words. It is said those who were weighed would stay healthy in the hot summer.
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After lunch on the day of Start of Summer, people would suspend a stool. The young and old took turns to get weighed while the person calculating the weight would offer good wishes and auspicious words. It is said those who were weighed would stay healthy in the hot summer.
这天，人们会挂起一杆大秤，秤钩悬上一条凳子，老人和孩子们轮流坐上去称重。司秤人一面打秤花，一面说吉祥话。
suspend: 悬挂 auspicious：吉利的；有前途的
If one has lost weight during the summer, then at the beginning of autumn, he or she needs to flesh out by eating many different kinds of delicious foods, especially meat.
如果体重在夏天期间变轻了，那么在秋天到来的时候，人们就需要多吃不同的美食，特别是肉，来“贴秋膘”。
节气、节日类
三伏天 dog days
惊蛰 Awakening of Insects
寒食节 Cold Food Festival
秋老虎 autumn tiger/Indian summer
梅雨季 Plum Rains season
饮食类
春卷 spring rolls
香椿 toona sinensis
青梅 green plum
烧仙草 grass jelly
腊肉 preserved pork
中草药类
人参 ginseng
枸杞 wolfberry
当归 angelica
川芎 ligusticum wallichii
花草类
梅花 plum blossom
荷花 lotus flower
芍药 Chinese herbaceous peony
昙花 night-blooming cereus
古谚语、俗语类
春困秋乏夏打盹。
People tend to feel sleepy in spring, doze in summer and feel tired in autumn.
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小满期间，夏收就要开始了。
A saying about rain during this time mentions, "A heavy rainfall makes the river full." Because of the great increase in rainfall, rivers are full of water, which makes fish and shrimp big and fat. This is a good time to eat fish and shrimp. It is also harvest season for fishermen.
这个时期关于降雨有句谚语：“小满大满江河满”。由于降雨量大增，河水被灌满，鱼虾长得大而肥美。此时正是吃鱼虾的好时机，也是渔民们的丰收季。
古时除夕夜，人们把芝麻秸放在地上，让孩子们来踩，谐音“踩岁（碎）”，有“岁岁平安”的寓意。
In some areas of China, people always fall over each other in eagerness to buy sesame straw during this period because of the old saying, "Rise joint by joint like sesame flowers on the stem." This saying is used to describe either ever-rising living standards or making steady progress in thought, studies or skills.
在中国的一些地区，大寒时人们经常争相去买芝麻秸，因为有句老话讲：“芝麻开花节节高。”这句话常被用来描述生活水平的不断上升或思想、学习和技能方面的稳步提升。
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