What traditional foods are eaten during the Lesser Heat? What are the benefits of eating mangoes during the Lesser Heat?
The climate is hot during the Lesser Heat season, and people tend to feel upset and uneasy. So what traditional foods do we eat during the Lesser Heat season ? There is a folk tradition of eating mangoes during the Lesser Heat season, so what are the benefits of eating mangoes during the Lesser Heat season? "After all, the scenery of West Lake in June is different from that in other seasons." In the sixth lunar month, the season paints a graceful and magnificent picture. Come to Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn about the sixth lunar month of 2019.What traditional food do we eat during Lesser Heat?1. Eat three treasures during the Lesser Heat“Less Heat and Greater Heat, the upper body is steaming and the lower body is boiling”, the arrival of Lesser Heat means that the dog days of summer are about to begin. At this time, the weather is hot, the human body sweats a lot, and consumes a lot of energy. In health care, we must pay attention to replenishing physical strength, relieving fever and preventing heatstroke. People have the custom of eating three treasures during this season - yellow eel, honey lotus root and mung bean sprouts. 2. Eat lotus root during the Lesser Heat. During the Lesser Heat, people have the custom of eating lotus root. Lotus root contains a lot of carbohydrates and rich calcium, phosphorus, iron, and various vitamins. It is rich in VC, potassium and dietary fiber. It has the effects of clearing heat, nourishing blood and relieving restlessness. It is suitable for eating in summer. Simmer fresh lotus root over low heat, add appropriate amount of honey after slicing, and you can eat it at will. It has the effect of calming the nerves and falling asleep, and can cure insomnia due to blood deficiency. It has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood, and can be used to treat febrile diseases. 3. Eating new food during the Lesser Heat Eating new food during the Lesser Heat is a folk activity of the Hakka people. Hakka people are the main component of the indigenous people in Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Taiwan and other places. After the Lesser Heat, the Hakka people will taste the new rice. After grinding the newly harvested rice into rice, they will make rice to offer to the God of Grains and their ancestors, and then everyone will eat and taste the new wine. It is said that "eating new" means "eating spicy food", and it is the first spicy day after the Lesser Heat Festival. Generally, a small amount of new rice is bought to cook with old rice, and newly-coming vegetables are added. Therefore, there is a saying among the people that "eat millet in the Lesser Heat and eat grain in the Greater Heat". 4. Eat six kinds of noodles during the Lesser Heat. There is also an important festival around the Lesser Heat, which is the "Tianfu Festival" held on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month every year. In the past, people also paid attention to eating six different types of noodles on Tianfu Festival. The custom of eating noodles on the dog days began at least in the Three Kingdoms period. The reason for this particularity is related to the hot and humid weather during the Lesser Heat. At this time, most people will have a poor appetite, and this is also an opportunity to enrich the variety of noodles and let people eat more staple foods. "Wei Shi Chunqiu" records: "On the hot summer days, people eat soup noodles, wipe the sweat with a towel, and their faces are bright." The soup noodles here refer to hot soup noodles. 5. Eat dumplings during the Lesser Heat. There is a folk proverb in the dog days of summer that goes, "In the first dog days, eat radishes; in the second dog days, eat vegetables; in the third dog days, you can even plant buckwheat", "In the first dog days, eat dumplings; in the second dog days, eat noodles; in the third dog days, eat pancakes with eggs". It is a traditional custom to eat dumplings on the first day of the dog days. During this period, people have poor appetite and are often thinner than usual, which is commonly known as the bitter summer. Dumplings are the food that stimulates the appetite and satisfies cravings in traditional customs. Moreover, most of the dumplings eaten on this day have vegetarian fillings. The refreshing vegetables are wrapped in the fragrance of buckwheat, which effectively improves people's poor appetite. 6. Eating mutton during the Lesser Heat: People in Xuzhou eat mutton during the dog days, which is called "eating dog days mutton". This custom can be traced back to the Yao and Shun periods. There is a folk saying that a bowl of dog days mutton soup in Pengcheng is enough to save the life of a miracle doctor. Xuzhou people's love for eating mutton in the dog days of summer is best reflected in the local folk song: Pick up the girl on June 6th, and have new wheat cakes and mutton soup. The custom of eating noodles on the dog days began at least in the Three Kingdoms period. Weishi Chunqiu: On the hot summer days, people eat soup noodles, wipe the sweat with a towel, and their faces will be bright. The soup noodles here refer to hot soup noodles. Jingchu Sui Shi Ji records: Eating soup noodles on the hot day of June is said to ward off evil. May is an evil month, so June should also be warded off evil. What are the benefits of eating mangoes during the Lesser Heat?An agricultural proverb says "eat mangoes during the Lesser Heat". The period around the Lesser Heat is the season when mangoes are the most ripe and delicious. Since mangoes contain a lot of vitamins, eating mangoes regularly can moisturize the skin. Eating mangoes has the effect of clearing the stomach and intestines, and has a certain antiemetic effect on motion sickness and seasickness.Most people think that mangoes with smooth skin are better to choose. But in fact, a mango with slightly wrinkled skin means that the fruit is fully ripe, a lot of water has evaporated, and the remaining sugar content is high, so the taste is sweeter. However, this so-called wrinkling has a limit. If it is too wrinkled, it means the fruit is about to go bad. As the saying goes, "A good fate is not as good as good luck." A person's destiny is already determined, and the only thing that can be controlled is his or her "luck." 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