Which month is the Beginning of Summer in 2019? What food is good to eat during this period?

Which month is the Beginning of Summer in 2019? What food is good to eat during this period?
The Beginning of Summer is the time when everything flourishes and insects chirp. In which month is the Beginning of Summer in 2019? What is the best food to eat during the Beginning of Summer? April in the lunar calendar has entered summer and the temperature has warmed up. April is also known as Mengxia, Yinyue and Meiyue. Want to know whether the fourth month of the lunar calendar is a good day or not? Then go to Shuimoxiansheng.com to check out the April 2019 Lunar Calendar special topic.

Which month is the Beginning of Summer in 2019?

The Beginning of Summer solar term is usually in May of the Gregorian calendar. The Beginning of Summer solar term is usually between May 5th and 7th of the Gregorian calendar every year, and the Beginning of Summer solar term in 2019 is on May 6th, 2019. "Collected Explanations of the 72 Seasonal Changes" states: "The Beginning of Summer is the festival of April. The meaning of the word 'beginning' is the same as that of 'spring'. 'Summer' means temporary. All things at this time are temporary." In astronomy, the Beginning of Summer means the farewell to spring and the beginning of summer. 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 food is good to eat during the Beginning of Summer?

1. Beginning of Summer Rice In the old days, during the Beginning of Summer festival, people in the countryside of Ningbo would mix red beans, yellow beans, black beans, green beans, mung beans and other five-color beans with white glutinous rice and cook it into "five-color rice", which was called Beginning of Summer Rice. Nowadays, some families in urban and rural areas of Ningbo still retain this ancient custom, but the ingredients of the Beginning of Summer Rice have been changed to five other foods: broad beans, soybeans, bamboo shoots, mustard greens, plus braised meat or bacon, which is called five-variety rice.
2. Beginning of Summer Tea To welcome the Beginning of Summer, there is a custom of drinking Beginning of Summer tea in Jiangxi Province of China. It is said that if you don't drink Beginning of Summer tea, you will suffer all summer. On the day of Beginning of Summer, women will gather tea from seven families and brew and drink it together. It is said that drinking tea from seven families at the Beginning of Summer can ensure that you will not feel sleepy throughout the summer.
3. Beginning of Summer Soup: On the Beginning of Summer day, people eat soup balls made of glutinous rice flour mixed with Artemisia selengensis, which is called "Beginning of Summer Soup". As the saying goes, "After eating the Beginning of Summer soup, the granite will be stepped into a pit" and "Eat a dumpling (pronounced tuo) at the Beginning of Summer, and you can cross the river with one foot." Strong winds often occur around the beginning of summer, which are called "Dragon King Storms". When the east wind blows on the day of the Beginning of Summer, people believe that there will be floods. There is a proverb that goes, "The east wind blows on the day of the Beginning of Summer, and the wind is blowing." If there is thunder on the Beginning of Summer, there will be many thunderstorms in the future. As the saying goes, "If there is thunder on the Beginning of Summer, there will be one thunderstorm every three days."
4. Juntaxai Ningbo people have the tradition of eating Juntaxai at the beginning of summer. Juntaxai is a seasonal vegetable that is on the market around the beginning of summer. It is said that after eating Juntaxai you will not get prickly heat in summer and your skin will be as smooth as Juntaxai. 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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