What should we eat on the day of Lesser Heat in 2019? What are the customs and practices of Lesser Heat?
Minor Heat is the first solar term in the sixth lunar month. There is a saying among the people that "after Minor Heat, the temperature will increase by one degree per day". So what food should we eat to cool down on Minor Heat in 2019 ? What are the customs and practices of Minor Heat? Shui Mo Xiansheng website has carefully compiled detailed information about the sixth lunar month of 2019. If you want to know about the auspicious and inauspicious days in the sixth lunar month, please come to Shui Mo Xiansheng website!What should we eat on the day of Xiaoshu in 2019?1. 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.2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Eating lotus root during the Lesser Heat is a tradition in the Jiangnan region. Moreover, as early as during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, lotus root was designated as a tribute to the imperial court. Because lotus root has the same pronunciation as “偶” (Ou), people eat lotus root to wish for a happy marriage. Also, because lotus root grows out of the mud but remains unstained, it, like the lotus flower, is a symbol of integrity and noble character. Whenever the Lesser Heat comes, people are accustomed to eating lotus roots. 5. Eating eels during the Lesser Heat: In coastal areas, there is a saying that "eels during the Lesser Heat are better than ginseng". The Lesser Heat solar term is the best time to taste eels. After summer, the eels become strong and fat and enter the spawning period. Their taste becomes more delicious and their nourishing function reaches its peak. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eel is warm in nature and sweet in taste, and has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing the liver and spleen, eliminating rheumatism, and strengthening the muscles and bones. What are the customs and habits during the Lesser Heat solar term?1. Tianfu Festival: According to historical records, the Tianfu Festival is on the sixth day of June around the beginning of the Lesser Heat. “Feng” means “gift”, which means the festival given by heaven. This is because the emperors of the Song Dynasty gave "ice noodles" and "fried noodles" to their subjects during the dog days of summer, so it was called Tianfu Festival.2. Worshiping the God of Grains: It is said that in some places there is a custom of worshipping the God of Grains, and the purpose is the same as worshipping the heaven and the earth. This reflects our ancestors' fine tradition of gratitude: a good harvest is certainly the result of their own hard work, but it is also made possible by the favorable weather conditions of nature and the blessings of their ancestors. 3. Drying books, paintings and clothes: On the day of Lesser Heat, temples will dry scriptures and religious instruments, while ordinary people will dry books and clothes and so on. There is a folk saying that goes, "On June 6th, people dry their clothes and dragons dry their robes" and "On June 6th, every family dry red and green." "Red and green" refers to all kinds of colorful clothes. 4. Tasting New Food during Lesser Heat: On this day, people will taste the latest harvest of grains and hold a series of important sacrificial ceremonies to express their gratitude to nature and their ancestors. It is said that "eating new food" means "eating spicy food", and it is the first spicy day after the Lesser Heat Festival. Therefore, there is a saying among the people that millet should be eaten during the Lesser Heat and grain should be eaten during the Greater Heat. 5. Improve the diet of cattle: In Shandong area, there is a custom of cooking wheat kernel soup for cattle on the dog days. It is said that cattle will be strong, able to work and not sweat after drinking it. Folk song: Spring ox whip, licking bull, wheat kernel soup, licking cow rice, licking cow and not sweating, and it will happen again in June. 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." Unexpected changes in the world may happen at any time, so use Mr. Shui Mo's [Premium Calculation] function to learn more about your fortune in 2019! |
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