When is the beginning of summer in 2021? What to do on the day?

When is the beginning of summer in 2021? What to do on the day?
Lixia is the 7th solar term in the 24 solar terms and the first solar term in summer. It is an important solar term indicating that all things enter the peak growth season. So when is the Lixia in 2021? What to do on the day? Let’s check out the following content on Shui Mo Network!

When is the beginning of summer in 2021?

Wednesday, May 5, 2021
(March 24th of Xinchou Year (Year of the Ox), 37 days away from the beginning of summer in 2021)
What does Beginning of Summer mean?
English translation of Lixia: the Beginning of Summer
The Beginning of Summer is the beginning of summer.
At the beginning of summer, the Big Dipper points to the southeast. The sun's ecliptic longitude is 45°. It is the beginning of summer. From now on, everything will flourish. It is customary to regard the Beginning of Summer as an important solar term when the temperature rises significantly, the hot summer is approaching, thunderstorms increase, and crops enter the peak growth season.

What to do on the day?

1. Boiled eggs
The weather is getting hotter in summer. In southern my country, there is a custom of eating boiled eggs, boiled duck eggs and goose eggs at the beginning of summer, as well as pickled tea eggs. The weather is hot in summer and people are prone to fatigue. Eggs are rich in nutrients and can supplement the human body with a large amount of trace elements.
2. Eat sesame cakes
In most parts of northern my country and parts of southern China, there is a custom of eating sesame seed cakes at the beginning of summer. This custom has been passed down from the Yuan Dynasty.
3. Eat seven kinds of porridge
In Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions of my country, there is a custom of eating seven-family porridge. Rice and dates borrowed from neighbors are cooked into porridge and everyone eats it together. Now many people cook delicious porridge on the day of the Beginning of Summer, adding their favorite dates, white fungus, etc., and the taste is also good.
4. Taste three fresh delicacies at the beginning of summer
In some parts of southern my country, there is a custom of tasting three fresh vegetables at the beginning of summer. Cucumbers, amaranth and broad beans are called the three fresh vegetables on the ground. These are seasonal vegetables and very fresh. There is also a custom of eating three fresh vegetables from trees at the beginning of summer. Cherries, loquats and apricots are also very fresh fruits that have just come on the market. There is also the custom of eating three fresh aquatic foods, which refer to sea snails, puffer fish, and shad.

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