What are the customs and traditions during the Great Heat? Why do we send the “Great Heat Boat” during the Great Heat?
Great Heat is the twelfth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and is also the hottest time of the year. So what are the customs and habits of Great Heat ? Why do we send the "Great Heat Boat" during Great Heat? The sixth month of the lunar calendar is also known as: Qie Yue, He Yue, Fu Yue, and Jixia. Want to know every day of the sixth lunar month? Let’s go to Mr. Shui Mo’s website to take a look at the sixth lunar month of 2019.What are the customs and practices during the Great Heat?1. Zhejiang offers a "Great Summer Boat"The "Great Summer Boat" was built in a scaled-down version of an old three-masted sailing ship. It is 8 meters long, 2 meters wide, and weighs about 1.5 tons. It carries various offerings. After the event started, more than 50 fishermen took turns carrying the "Great Summer Boat" on the street, with drums and trumpets blaring, firecrackers blasting, and both sides of the street filled with people praying. The "Great Summer Boat" was eventually transported to the dock for a series of blessing ceremonies. Afterwards, the "Great Summer Boat" was pulled out of the fishing port by a fishing boat, then set on fire on the sea and allowed to sink or float, in order to wish people a good harvest and a healthy life. People in Jiaojiang, Taizhou have the custom of eating eggs with ginger juice during the Great Heat season. Ginger juice can remove moisture from the body, and ginger juice and eggs can "replenish the body". Some elderly people also like to eat chicken porridge, which is said to be able to replenish yang. 2. Eat grass jelly during the Great Heat in Guangdong . Grass jelly is also known as jelly grass and fairy grass. It is an herbaceous plant of the genus grass in the family Lamiaceae. It is an important plant resource for both medicinal and edible purposes. Because of its magical effect of relieving heat, it is known as "immortal grass". The stems and leaves can be dried and made into grass jelly, which is called jelly in Guangdong and is a summer dessert. It can also be used as medicine itself. Folk proverb: If you eat herbal jelly during the hottest month of June, you will live like a god and never grow old. There are two ways to eat grass jelly: cold or hot. The appearance and taste of Shaoxiancao are similar to another popular snack in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao region, Guilinggao, which also has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. 3. Shandong "Drinking Summer Lamb" In southern Shandong, there is a custom of "drinking mutton soup" on this day. In Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, many citizens go to the local mutton soup restaurant to "drink summer mutton" on the day of the Great Heat. 4. Eating pineapples in Taiwan A Taiwanese proverb says: Eat pineapples during the Great Heat, which means that pineapples are the most delicious during this season. In addition, June 15th is the "Half-Year Festival". Since the fifteenth day of the sixth lunar month is half of the year, the whole family will eat "Half-Year Moon Balls" together after worshiping the gods on this day. Half-Year Moon Balls are made by grinding glutinous rice into powder and then mixing it with red flour. Most of them are cooked into desserts to taste, symbolizing reunion and sweetness. What should we eat to maintain health during the Great Heat?1. "Mung Bean Soup" for clearing away heat, detoxifying, quenching thirst and relieving summer heatMung bean soup is the best choice in summer. Mung bean soup can clear away heat, detoxify, quench thirst and relieve summer heat. It is a traditional Chinese summer cooling drink. In addition, you can add a small amount of rock sugar to the mung bean soup to make it more delicious. 2. Winter melon soup that nourishes the stomach, produces body fluids and reduces stomach fire Winter melon is cold in nature, can clear away stomach fire, nourish the stomach and produce body fluid, reduce people's food intake, and promote the conversion of starch and sugar in the body into heat energy instead of fat. At the same time, winter melon has anti-aging effects. Long-term consumption can keep the skin as white as jade, moisturized and smooth, and can maintain a healthy body. Most importantly, winter melon has a good effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Eating more winter melon in summer can not only quench thirst and relieve heat, but also promote diuresis and prevent carbuncle. 3. Tremella and Lily Soup for Nourishing Lungs and Nourishing Skin Tremella and lily soup has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening the lungs, nourishing the skin and warming the stomach. Long-term drinking of Tremella and lily soup can regulate the lungs, spleen and kidneys. 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