The allusions of Long Saiyi

"June 6th, dragon drying clothes" is a folk custom since ancient times. On this day every year, as long as the weather is fine, people move the clothes in boxes and cabinets to dry in the hot sun, saying that this can prevent moisture, mildew, moth and disinfection. What is "dragon drying clothes"?

Legend has it that a long time ago, the sun talked with the dragon king, and the sun asked the dragon king to give it a "boating rain" on the fifth day of May, so as to better show the brave and hard-working atmosphere of the radial hand boating; The Dragon King asked the sun to "dry his dragon clothes" on the sixth day of June, adding luster to his dragon clothes. After consultation between the two sides, every year on the fifth day of May and the sixth day of June, they all hold their own affairs without making any mistakes. But one year, the Dragon King forgot to "row a boat and rain" for the sun, and the sun did not "hang clothes" for the Dragon King. Therefore, up to now, there is still a meteorological proverb "If you don't give me boating rain, I won't give you dragon clothes to dry". This is the origin of "dragon drying clothes".

On the sixth day of June, people not only moved their clothes to dry in the sun, but also moved other things to dry in the sun. There is such a joke: there used to be a rich man in Miancheng. He can't read, but he pretends to be knowledgeable. On the sixth day of June, he moved all the books piled at home to dry outside, in order to prove that he was a successful student in thousands of books. When the scholar next door saw it, he lay on the ground, lifted his skirt and let the sun dry his stomach.

The rich man stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing?" The scholar said, pointing to his stomach; "I'm printing books." The rich man said inexplicably, "didn't you see my book drying outside?" Why do you put it in your stomach? " The scholar said with a smile, "You take the book out to dry, and I'll put it in my stomach to dry." The rich man was suddenly speechless and didn't know what to say.

This is just a joke. However, it should be noted that: please don't move the book to dry in the hot sun, because once it is dried, the paper will turn yellow, brittle and difficult to collect.