What customs are there during the Summer Solstice? What to eat?
There are many festivals in our country, and every important festival has unique customs in different places. Do you know what customs there are during the Summer Solstice? Let’s take a look! The fifth month of the lunar calendar is a beautiful month. Everything is new in early summer, and the beautiful scenery is in the fifth month of the lunar calendar. Mr. Shui Mo will interpret the fifth month of the lunar calendar in 2021 with you.What to eat during the summer solstice?1. Lettuce and cold noodles. In the past, there was a saying in old Beijing: "Wontons at the winter solstice and noodles at the summer solstice." According to the custom of old Beijing, people would start eating lettuce and cold noodles as soon as the summer solstice came. Eating these raw and cold foods can effectively help reduce internal heat and stimulate appetite, but they will not harm health because of being too cold. Therefore, when the summer solstice is approaching, cold noodles and other foods start to sell well.2. Hot noodles Some people like to eat hot noodles in the hot summer. It is called "guotiaoer". It is said to have the meaning of "warding off evil". Eating hot noodles is to drive away evil. What are the customs of the Summer Solstice?The summer solstice in the fifth month of the lunar calendar (June 21st in the Gregorian calendar) is the day with the longest daylight in the whole year . In the Zhou Dynasty, there were rituals of sacrificing to gods, which were believed to eliminate epidemics, famines and hunger in the country. Han customs are popular in most parts of the country. Refers to the custom of eating cold noodles during the Summer Solstice (one of the 24 solar terms). "The Annals of the Capital's Customs" by Pan Rongbi of the Qing Dynasty: "On this day, every family eats cold noodles, which are commonly called boiled noodles... As the saying goes, 'Wontons are served on the Winter Solstice and noodles are served on the Summer Solstice'."June 21 is the Summer Solstice among the 24 solar terms. As the saying goes, “Dumplings on the Winter Solstice and noodles on the Summer Solstice”, the gourmet Beijingers pay attention to eating noodles on the Summer Solstice. As folk customs return, all food related to the summer solstice festival sells well. According to old Beijing customs, people would feast on raw vegetables and cold noodles during the summer solstice, because the weather is hot at this time and eating raw and cold food can reduce internal heat and stimulate appetite without damaging health due to the coldness. On the summer solstice, noodle shops in Beijing are very popular. Whether it is Sichuan cold noodles, Dandan noodles, braised pork noodles or fried noodles, etc., all kinds of noodles are very popular. In some areas of the northwest, people eat rice dumplings on the summer solstice. In some areas of the northwest, such as Shaanxi, people eat rice dumplings on this day and use chrysanthemum as ash to prevent wheat from being attacked by insects. In the south, people are weighed on this day to check their weight. Farmers roll the dough into thin pancakes, bake them, and fill them with vegetables, beans, tofu and bacon. They are eaten after offering sacrifices to ancestors or given to relatives and friends. In some areas, on this day, many adult nephews and nieces go to their uncle's house for dinner. Their uncle must cook dishes with amaranth and bottle gourd. It is said that eating amaranth will prevent sha, and eating bottle gourd will make your legs strong. Some people also go to their grandmother's house to eat pickled bacon, saying that eating it will prevent summer heatstroke. |
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