用英语解析立夏的由来及风俗习惯
立夏，四月节。
立字解见春。
夏，假也。物至此时皆假大也。
立夏在战国末年（公元前239年）就已经确立了，预示着季节的转换，为一年四季之夏季开始的日子。实际上，若按气候学的标准，日平均气温稳定升达22℃以上为夏季开始，“立夏”前后，我国只有福州到南岭一线以南地区是真正的“绿树浓阴夏日长。立夏时节，万物繁茂。
立夏的起源：
立夏是农历二十四节气中的第7个节气，夏季的第一个节气，表示盛夏时节的正式开始，太阳到达黄经45度时为立夏节气。斗指东南，维为立夏，万物至此皆长大，故名立夏也。
When spring is over, the summer begins. Chinese ancestors found the regular rule and they treated the fifth or sixth of May as the Beginning of Summer.
春天结束了，夏天就开始了。中国的祖先们发现了规律，他们把5月5日或6日视为夏季的开始。
From that day, the weather will become hot and most people start to wash their winter clothes. Beginning of Summer is not an official day that will be celebrated by the public.
从那天起，天气就会变得越来越热，大多数人都会去洗冬衣。立夏不是大众庆祝的官方日子，只是一个显示炎热天气来临的标志，以便让人们注意防晒。
It is just a sign to show the coming of hot weather, so as to let people pay attention to keep away from hot weather.
这只是一个标志，表明炎热天气的到来，以便让人们注意远离炎热的天气。
The old people trend to make some food to keep their body from getting hot, while the young people don’t have much action, and they just get used
to it, or when they feel bad, they will take a break. Our body changes with the weather, so we need to make some changes to stay healthy.
老年人倾向于做一些食物来吃以达到防止身体变热的功效，而年轻人却是没有过多的行动，他们就单纯的习惯这样的日子，或者当他们感觉不舒服的时候，就休息一下。我们的身体随着天气的变化而变化，所以我们需要做一些改变来保持健康。
It means the beginning of summer.
立夏标志着夏天的开始。
立夏的英文：beginning of summer
beginning是什么意思：
n. 开始；根源；起点
v. begin的现在分词
It is beginning to dew.
在结露水了。
The scrambling begins.
混乱开始了。
The days are beginning to shorten.
白天开始变短了。
The plan is beginning to shape up.
这一计划正在开始成形。
The water begins to bubble.
水开始冒泡了。
summer是什么意思：
n. 夏天；夏季；全盛时期；壮年时期
adj. 夏季的
v. 过夏天
They summered at the seashore.
他们在海滨过夏。
Mary spent her last summer in summer school.
玛丽上个暑假上了暑期学校。
The hottest days of summer begin after the summer solstice.
夏天最热的日子在夏至之后开始。
The Last Rose of Summer
夏天的最后一朵玫瑰
Here comes the summer.
夏天到了。
summer不仅仅可以表达“夏天，夏季”，还可以和其他词搭配，表达不同的意思。
1. high summer 盛夏/仲夏，也可以指鼎盛时期，全盛时期
例：That was the high summer of English literature.
那是英国文学的黄金时代。
2. summer holidays 暑假
例：During the summer holiday, they visited Normandy and Brittany.
暑期他们游览了诺曼底和布里塔尼。
3. summer house 避暑别墅，凉亭
例：She found a tiny summer house, which is built in Japanese fashion and is around a pond.
她在一个池塘边到一所日式的小凉亭。
4. in the height of summer 盛夏时节；在……的高潮中，在……的顶峰
例：I wouldn't go there in the height of summer.
我不会在盛夏时节去那里的。
5. in the summer of one's life 正值壮年
例：“It's the biggest summer of her professional life,” she said.
她说：“现在正值她职业生涯的壮年时期。”
立夏习俗：吃立夏蛋 / Eating Eggs
In ancient China, people believed a round egg symbolized a happy life and eating eggs on the day of The Beginning of Summer was a prayer for good
health. They put leftover tea into boiled water together with eggs and the original "tea egg" was created. Later people improved cooking methods and added spices to the eggs to make them taste delicious. Today tea egg has become a traditional snack in China.
在中国古代，人们认为一个圆形的鸡蛋象征着幸福生活，在立夏吃鸡蛋是为了祈求身体健康。他们把吃剩的茶水和鸡蛋一起放入沸水中，就创造了最初的“茶叶蛋”。后来，人们改进了烹饪方法，在鸡蛋中加入香料，使其味道鲜美。如今，茶叶蛋已成为中国的传统小吃。
斗蛋 / Egg Competetion
As an old Chinese saying goes, "hanging an egg on children's chests can prevent them from getting
summer diseases", parents will prepare boiled eggs and put them in a knitted bag before hanging them on their child's chest.
中国有句古话叫“挂鸡蛋在孩子的胸前可以预防夏天的疾病”。因此，父母会准备煮熟的鸡蛋，把它们放在一个编织的袋子里，然后挂在孩子的胸前。
When at school, children gather together to play egg competitions by colliding each other's eggs in pairs and the one whose egg is not broken wins.
在学校里，孩子们也会聚在一起玩鸡蛋比赛，相互对撞鸡蛋，谁的鸡蛋没破谁就赢了。
吃蚕豆 / 吃乌米饭 / 称体重
In folk, people relieve the summer heat with cold drinks. People along the Yangtze River have the customs of boiling and eating broad bean （蚕豆）.
在民间，人们通过喝凉水来消暑。长江沿岸的人们在立夏还有煮蚕豆吃的习俗。
Many people throughout southern China during lixia will make what they traditionally call,“colorful rice.” It is made from many different kinds of beans, like red beans,soy beans, black beans, green beans and mung beans mixed together with white japonica rice（粳米）.
立夏是什么意思
在历夏期间，中国南方的许多人都会做他们传统上所说的“彩米”。它是由许
多不同种类的豆子，如红豆、黄豆、黑豆、绿豆和白粳米混合制成的。
The custom of weighing people at the Start of Summer originated in the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280) and prevails in South China today. It was believed this practice would bring health and good luck to the people weighed.
立夏“称体重”的习俗起源于三国时期(220-280)，盛行于今天的中国南方部分地区。人们相信这种做法会给人们带来健康和好运。
After lunch on the day of Start of Summer, people would suspend a stool or basket from a beam. 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 and those who weren't would suffer illness.
立夏那天午饭后，人们会把凳子或篮子挂在横梁上。年轻人和老年人轮流称体重，而计算体重的人会送上祝福和吉祥的话语。据说称体重的人在炎热的夏天会保持健康，否则会生病。
suspend 悬挂
auspicious 吉利的；有前途的
夏天的气温会很高，曾经有人调侃说，“在炎热的夏天，可以用井盖来煎鸡蛋。”那么，形容天气炎热，只用hot是不够的，还应该掌握这些表达。
普通表达
It's warm.
外面很热。
It's hot.
天气很热。
It's burning hot.
天气炎热极了。
文艺表达
It's roasting.