What are the customs of the Summer Solstice? What foods are suitable to eat?
After the arrival of the Summer Solstice, the daylight hours become longer and the midsummer heat becomes unbearable. So what are the customs during the Summer Solstice? The Book of Songs records that “cicadas chirp in May”, and cicadas are the same as crickets. This means that in May cicadas break through the soil and climb up the trees, starting the first clear singing of summer, so May is also known as "Ming Cicada". Click on Shui Mo Network to learn about the relevant content in May.What are the customs of the summer solstice?1. Offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors: The summer solstice is the time of wheat harvest. Since ancient times, there has been a custom of celebrating the harvest and offering sacrifices to ancestors at this time to pray for disaster relief and a good harvest.2. Eat cold food to escape the heat: People like to eat nourishing cold food to escape the heat in the summer, so people generally drink cold soup, cold tea, sour plum soup and other traditional and very sweet foods. 3. Eating "wheat dumplings": Eating "wheat dumplings" is a custom in the south of the Yangtze River. According to the "Wujiang County Chronicles", on the summer solstice, wheat dumplings are made and offered to each other after the sacrifice. People not only eat "wheat dumplings", but also give them to each other as gifts. 4. Eating wontons: On the day of the Summer Solstice, Wuxi people eat oatmeal porridge in the morning and wontons at noon, which means chaos and harmony. There is a saying that goes: Eat wontons on the Summer Solstice and dumplings on the Winter Solstice, and the family will be reunited in all seasons. After eating wontons, people also weigh the children, hoping that they will gain weight and be healthier. 5. Get rid of the summer heat and avoid the dog days: In ancient times, on the summer solstice, women would give each other folding fans, cosmetics and other things. "Fans" were used to create wind, and "cosmetics" were used to apply on the body to disperse the turbid air generated by body heat and prevent prickly heat. What foods are suitable to eat?1. Bitter MelonBitter melon is a vegetable that matures naturally in summer and is a common delicacy on people's tables. It contains a large amount of mogroside and momordica charantia, and has a certain bitter taste. It is suitable for eating in summer and can nourish the heart and reduce internal heat. 2. Loofah Luffa has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Medical books of all dynasties and its "Compendium of Materia Medica" all say that loofah can "clear away heat and benefit the intestines." Eating some loofah soup in summer can relieve heat and fever. When making soup, the cooking time should not be too long, it is best to keep the bright green color of the loofah. Boiling loofah peel and loofah flowers together in water and using them as tea can also prevent heatstroke and relieve fever. 3. Tomato Tomatoes are mild in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and calming the liver, strengthening the stomach and digestion, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, nourishing blood and increasing appetite. A large amount of vitamin C is a component needed by the human body's connective tissue. It increases the power and flexibility of the basal parts of cartilage, blood vessels, ligaments and bones. 4. Chinese kale Chinese kale has a slightly bitter taste and contains a certain amount of organic alkali, which can stimulate the taste nerves, increase appetite, speed up gastrointestinal motility, and is beneficial to digestion. In addition, kale contains a unique ingredient called quinine, which can inhibit body temperature and relieve heat. Chinese kale is rich in dietary fiber, which can prevent constipation, lower cholesterol, soften blood vessels and protect the heart. |
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