What are the customs and food habits during the Chushu solar term? What should we eat?
It is approaching the solar term of Chushu, which is the 14th of the 24 solar terms. Whether it is the weather or the customs, Chushu is different from the others. Let's take a look. Every day has good and bad days, auspicious and inauspicious days. If you want to know more about the auspicious and inauspicious days in the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2018, please pay attention to the articles related to the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2018 compiled by the Fortune Teller website!What are the customs and traditions during the End of Heat solar term?1. Ancestor worship and welcoming autumn . The most important customs of the Beginning of Autumn are ancestor worship and welcoming autumn. In the old days, people would have a ceremony to open the Ghost Gate starting from the first day of July, which would last until the end of the month when the Ghost Gate was closed. During this period, activities to offer salvation and charity would be held. It is said that the Pudu activity starts with opening the Ghost Gate, then setting up lantern poles and releasing river lanterns to attract lonely souls; the main part is building the Pudu altar, setting up the lonely shed, interspersed with activities such as robbing the lonely soul, and finally ending with closing the Ghost Gate. 2. The custom of releasing river lanterns is due to the influence of the Ghost Festival which takes place at the same time. River lanterns are also called "lotus lanterns". They are placed in rivers, lakes and seas on the night of the Ghost Festival and allowed to float freely. Their main purpose is to remove bad luck and save drowned people. 3. Holding a fishing festival. Perhaps people in inland areas have no impression of this activity, but for coastal areas, it is a very important event. The fishery harvest season comes after the Beginning of Autumn. Every year during the Beginning of Autumn, an annual grand fishing festival is held along the coast of Zhejiang Province. On the day when the fishing moratorium ends in the East China Sea, a grand fishing opening ceremony is held to send off the fishermen to go out to sea.What are the food customs during the End of Heat solar term?1. Eat old duck. Old duck is sweet and cool in nature, and is the best choice for eating during the Beginning of Heat. Beijing still retains this tradition. Usually on the day of the Beginning of Heat, Beijingers will go to the store to buy Beginning of Heat lily duck and other food. 2. Eating longan means that we will enter autumn after the Beginning of Autumn. In traditional Chinese medicine, there is a saying of "replenishing autumn". At this time, we should focus on replenishing qi and blood and avoid cold food, so we can no longer drink herbal tea. Longan is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of replenishing qi and blood, calming the mind and soothing the nerves, benefiting the spleen and stimulating the appetite. It is especially suitable for people with both heart and spleen deficiency and both qi and blood deficiency. 3. Drink sour plum soup In the southern regions, the autumn heat is still there during the Beginning of Autumn season, and the residual heat has not dissipated. Drinking sour plum soup at this time can relieve heat and refresh the mind, promote salivation and quench thirst. This is why the proverb says "Drink sour plum soup at the Beginning of Autumn, and all the heat will go away." 4. Eat white meatballs. The old Fuzhou people also eat another kind of food during the Chushu solar term - white meatballs. White balls are rice paste made from glutinous rice and rice. Glutinous rice is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of nourishing yin, promoting body fluid, replenishing qi and strengthening the spleen. It has a tonic effect when eaten in autumn. |
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