May 5 was the beginning day of summer, a traditional day in China. People observed it in various ways, like eating boiled eggs in tea, egg fight and weighing, etc. Some of the customs may have long been forgotten while others remain as ever, like eating boiled eggs on the beginning day of summer.

　　At the Qin'an Community, people are busy with a kind of egg-arranging match. Unlike the deft grandmas, the pupils seem not good at it. But when it comes to drawing pictures on eggs, the pupils can do it much better. As the Beijing Olympics is drawing near, they all choose the theme of Olympics without prior consultation. Such pattern as the five rings, fuwa and sporting scenes are painted on the eggs. On the spot we find a big ostrich egg, on which all Olympic elements are painted.

　　The kids of the Mingzhu kindergarten of Fenghua are playing a kind of egg game, or egg fight. When you play the game, you'd better use the hard end of the egg. Otherwise the egg would easily crack.

　　A boy said that he was so happy to have won twice.

　　As soon as the game is over, they start to enjoy the delicious eggs. When boys are playing the game, girls take the time to show their beautiful strings on the wrist which are called summer-fervor-away string.

　　A kid introduced, "This one is from my grandma. These two are from my mom."

　　As pestilence easily broke out in summer, parents would hang eggs on the chests of children and put strings on their wrists on the Summer-Beginning Day, in a wish to keep away pestilence. Now the custom is observed as before as it carries parents' best wishes for their children.