What are the must-eat foods during the summer solstice, and what is "San Geng Ru Fu"?
The summer solstice arrives and the weather is hot, so you cannot eat raw, cold, spicy, or greasy food. So, what foods should we eat during the summer solstice, which foods are must-eats, and what is "San Geng Ru Fu"? The earthly branch of the fifth month in the lunar calendar is Wu, which represents Yang Fire, so it is also called the Wu month. The fifth month in the lunar calendar is the time when summer insects chirp and midsummer is fragrant. For more information on the do’s and don’ts of the fifth month in the lunar calendar in 2019, please pay attention to Mr. Shui Mo’s website!What foods are must-eats during the summer solstice?1. Pea CakePea cake is a traditional specialty cake snack in Taiyuan, Shanxi. Pea cake has the effect of cooling down and relieving heat, so it is suitable to eat during the summer solstice!2. Cold water noodlesThere is a saying that goes “Dumplings on the Winter Solstice and noodles on the Summer Solstice.” In the north, people will definitely eat a bowl of noodles on the Summer Solstice. However, the noodles need to be rinsed with cold water, so they are commonly known as "cold water noodles". They taste cool and chewy, and are the perfect choice for eating during the winter solstice!3. Sour plum soup, herbal teaBy the summer solstice, we have entered summer. Summer is hot, so we can eat nourishing and cold food to cool down. Herbal tea and sour plum soup, as traditional foods, are essential foods for cooling down!4. Summer Solstice EggsOn the Summer Solstice, boil the eggs, peel them, add red dates and cook them into soup. This is called "eating Summer Solstice eggs". There is a custom of eating Summer Solstice eggs in Hengyang in southern Hunan and western Hunan.5. Dog meat and lycheesDog meat and lychees are actually both relatively irritating foods, but in the Cantonese-speaking areas of Guangzhou and Qinzhou, Yulin and other places in Guangxi, people like to eat dog meat and lychees on the summer solstice. Eating the two together will not generate heat but is beneficial to the body.What is "San Geng Ru Fu"?San Geng is the standard for marking the beginning of the dog days in the Chinese lunar calendar: “The dog days begin on San Geng at the summer solstice.” It means counting from the summer solstice, the third Geng day is the first day of the first dog days.Rufu means entering the dog days of summer. "The first dog days are counted from the third Geng day after the summer solstice." This is the basis for establishing the first dog days. The "Geng" in Geng day is the 7th of the 10 heavenly stems "Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui", and Geng day repeats every 10 days. Starting from the summer solstice, according to the arrangement of the Ganzhi calendar, the third Geng day is the first day of the first dog days, the fourth Geng day is the first day of the second dog days, and the first Geng day after the beginning of autumn is the first day of the last dog days. The early or late appearance of Geng day will affect the length of the dog days, so in some years the dog days last for 30 days, while in other years they last for 40 days. This year (2019), the first Geng day after the summer solstice is June 22 (Gengchen), the second Geng day is July 1 (Gengyin), and the third Geng day is July 11 (Gengzi), so 2019 will begin the dog days on July 11. The first dog days will last for 10 days from July 11 to July 21, the middle dog days will last for 10 days from July 22 to August 1, and the last dog days will last for 10 days from August 2 to August 11. This year, the dog days last for 30 days. |
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