What are the customs and traditions during the Great Heat solar term? What do people eat in different regions?
During the Great Heat solar term, basically most parts of the country will enter the hottest season of the year. So, during this hottest season, how do people in different regions celebrate the Great Heat? The Fortune Teller website has carefully compiled detailed information about the sixth lunar month of 2018. If you want to know about the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the sixth lunar month, come to Mr. Shui Mo!What are the customs and traditions during the Great Heat solar term?Cricket fighting: The Great Heat is the season when there are the most crickets in the rural fields. People in some parts of China have the custom of enjoying cricket fighting after meals. Eating pineapples: During the Great Heat period, there is a custom of eating pineapples in Taiwan. The Han people believe that pineapples at this time are the most delicious. In addition, the pronunciation of pineapple in Minnan dialect is the same as "wanglai", so it is also used as a symbol to pray for peace, good luck and prosperous business. Eat grass jelly: Grass jelly, also known as jelly grass and fairy grass, is an herbaceous plant of the genus Grass in the Lamiaceae family and is an important plant resource for both medicinal and edible purposes. Because of its magical effect of relieving heat, it is known as "immortal grass". The stems and leaves can be dried and made into grass jelly, which is called jelly in Guangdong and is a summer dessert. Drinking mutton soup: In many areas of Shandong, there is a custom of "drinking mutton soup" on the day of the Great Heat. In Zaozhuang City, many citizens go to the local mutton soup restaurant to "drink summer mutton" on the day of the Great Heat. Sending off the Great Heat Boat Sending off the Great Heat Boat is a traditional folk custom in many fishing villages in the coastal areas of Zhejiang, especially in Taizhou. Its meaning is to send the "Five Saints" out to sea to send away the heat and protect the people. The “Great Summer Boat” is accompanied by colorful folk art performances. Eating lychees: This custom originated from the Putian area. Fresh lychees are first soaked in cold well water, and then taken out and tasted when the hottest time of the year arrives. Eating lychees at this moment is the most comfortable and nourishing. Drinking Fu tea: Fu tea, as the name suggests, is the tea that is drunk during the dog days of summer. This tea, made from more than ten kinds of Chinese herbs including honeysuckle, selfheal, and licorice, has the effect of cooling down and relieving heat. Eating noodles: On this day, married daughters and sons in every household will return to their parents' home, kill a sheep, and cook a pot of cold noodles. The whole family will happily drink sheep soup and eat noodles together to celebrate the Great Heat in a lively manner. Sun-drying ginger: Ginger originates from Shanxi, Henan and other places in China. During the dog days of summer, people will slice the ginger or squeeze the juice and mix it with brown sugar. They will put it in a container, cover it with gauze, and dry it in the sun. If eaten after being fully blended, it has miraculous effects on chronic cold stomach, cold and cough, and has the effect of warming and health care. Fried green grass tofu: When the Great Heat season comes, people in Wenzhou have the custom of frying green grass tofu. Green grass tofu refers to tofu made from Chinese herbs such as grass jelly, licorice, selfheal, chrysanthemum, and honeysuckle that are fried into the shape of tofu and can be eaten after cooling. It has a cooling and detoxifying effect, and can quench thirst. Eat "Half-year Mooncakes": The Great Heat season is right in the middle of the year, which is about the same time of the year, so the whole family will eat "Half-year Mooncakes" together after worshiping the gods on this day. Half-year Mooncakes are made by grinding glutinous rice into powder and then mixing it with red flour. Most of them are cooked into desserts to taste, and their symbolic meaning is reunion and sweetness. This custom is popular in Taiwan. Eating young chicken: There is a traditional tonic method in central and northern Hunan, which is to eat young chicken during the Great Heat. Because young chickens are relatively tender and not greasy, their nutrients can be better absorbed by humans, which is of great benefit to growing children. |
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