Introduction: The arrival of Beginning of Summer heralds climate change, and Beginning of Summer is the first solar term in summer. So what will the weather be like in Beginning of Summer in 2019? Will it rain? What traditional foods should we eat in Beginning of Summer? The fourth month of the lunar calendar has quietly arrived. The lunar calendar is determined by the solar term of "Xiaoman". The lunar month with the solar term of "Xiaoman" is called the fourth month of the lunar calendar. If you want to know more, please visit Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic on April 2019 of the lunar calendar.What will the weather be like in the beginning of summer in 2019? Will it rain?The Beginning of Summer falls on May 5th, 6th or 7th every year and is the beginning of summer. The "xia" in "Beginning of Summer" means "big", which means that the plants sown in spring have grown up. As crops grow, the demand for rain increases. Through long-term life and production practice, people have concluded that the weather on the Beginning of Summer can predict the year's harvest. They believe that it is best to have rain at the Beginning of Summer, otherwise "if it doesn't rain at the Beginning of Summer, the wheat will be dry and the crops will wither" and "if it doesn't rain at the Beginning of Summer, the plows and harrows must be hung high." my country has a vast territory and weather conditions vary greatly from place to place. It may rain in some places and not in others. Therefore, it may not necessarily rain on the day of the Beginning of Summer, but the working people all hope that it will rain. However, people usually regard the Beginning of Summer as an important solar term when the temperature rises significantly, the hot summer is approaching, thunderstorms increase, and crops enter the peak growth season.What traditional food should we eat during the Beginning of Summer?Eating eggs at the beginning of summer is a custom of the Han nationality in the south of the Yangtze River. Every time the summer begins, people eat boiled eggs or salted duck eggs, believing that eating eggs at the beginning of summer can strengthen the body. Beginning of Summer Eggs are the most classic food on the day of Beginning of Summer. The day before the beginning of summer, families start cooking eggs. They usually use tea leaves or walnut shells to cook them. Watching the eggshells slowly turn red, the house is filled with fragrance. Tea eggs should be eaten while hot. When eating, pour good Shaoxing wine on them and sprinkle some fine salt on them. The aroma of wine and tea makes them fragrant and tasty. The day before the beginning of summer , children would ask their neighbors for a bowl of rice, which was called "Xia Xia Rice". Dig up some bamboo shoots, "steal" some broad beans, and use some garlic sprouts. On the day of the Beginning of Summer, cook the collected rice and other ingredients outdoors, put green plums, cherries, etc. on the rice, and distribute it to the families who gave rice the day before, with each family getting a small bowl. People believe that eating it can prevent children from heatstroke. The Beginning of Summer rice is added with bamboo shoots, peas, broad beans, amaranth and other condiments, which implies "a good harvest". Eating five-color rice at the Beginning of Summer also implies good health throughout the year. Lixia porridge is a traditional snack in Leiyang, Hunan, and is a food for the Lixia Festival. This snack is a unique delicacy in Leiyang. Lixia porridge is made with rice as the main ingredient, accompanied by more than a dozen condiments such as lean meat, glutinous rice balls, vermicelli, dried bamboo shoots, toon, pork offal, red dates, peas, bean sprouts, eggs, etc. It comes out of the pot steaming hot and full of fragrance.Origin of Lixia:The arrival of Lixia heralds the change of seasons and is the beginning of summer. It is said that this solar term was established as early as the end of the Warring States Period (239 BC). Since ancient times, people have attached great importance to the customs of the Beginning of Summer. On the day of the Beginning of Summer, the emperor would lead civil and military officials to the southern suburbs of the capital to welcome the summer. The palace would also "open the ice and bestow gifts to civil and military officials"; among the people, there are customs of seeing off spring, tasting new things, fighting eggs, and weighing people.At this time, summer crops enter the late growth stage, winter wheat is flowering and filling with grain, rapeseed is close to maturity, the harvest of summer crops for the year is basically determined, and rice planting and the management of other spring-sown crops have also entered a busy season. The eight-character destiny is predetermined for each person after birth. Knowing your fortune in advance can make your future life smoother. To calculate your fortune for the next ten years, please click on the [Premium Calculation] below for advance predictions. I wish you a smooth life! |
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