A child paints the Chinese characters of "Start of Summer" (立夏) onto eggs to celebrate the 7th solar term falling from May 5 to May 20 this year. [Photo from WeChat account zjgonline]

Egg competitions

Carrying forward an ancient belief, parents in Zhangjiagang will put boiled eggs in a woven bag and hang them on their children’s necks to prevent them from getting summer diseases.

Children play egg competitions by knocking each other’s eggs in pairs and the one whose egg is not broken wins.