What customs are there in different places during the Great Heat solar term?
The Great Heat is one of the major solar terms. Every year at this time, different places will celebrate this solar term in different ways. The sixth month of the lunar calendar is the most beautiful and fragrant season. The fields, alternating between green and yellow, look like a Persian brocade carpet, and are filled with the fragrance of ripe wheat. Visit the Fortune Teller website to learn about every day of the sixth lunar month.What customs are there in different places during the Great Heat solar term?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 pineapples During the Great Heat period, there is a custom of eating pineapples in Taiwan. Ordinary people believe that pineapples at this time of year 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. 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 dinner. Eating grass jelly: The stems and leaves can be dried and made into roasted grass jelly, which is called jelly in Guangdong and is a summer dessert. Drinking Summer Lamb In many areas of Shandong, there is a custom of "drinking Summer Lamb" (i.e. 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. Eating "Half-year Mooncakes" The fifteenth day of the sixth lunar month marks the middle of a year, so after worshiping the gods on this day, the whole family will eat "Half-year Mooncakes" together. 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, symbolizing reunion and sweetness. Eating young chickens is a traditional method of nourishing the body in central and northern Hunan. It is to choose young roosters that are within three months of breeding and weigh one to one and a half kilograms and have never been bred. This is because young chickens contain a certain amount of growth hormone, which has a good tonic effect on children in the growth and development period and middle-aged and elderly people with decreased hormone levels. Even young people with weak constitutions may not mind giving it a try. Eat rice dregs. Rice dregs are made by mixing rice with white rice koji and letting it ferment until it is fully cooked. On the day of the Great Heat, cut it into pieces, add some brown sugar and cook it. It is said that it can "greatly replenish your vitality." On the day of Great Heat, relatives and friends often give each other lychees and mutton as gifts. Fried Green Grass Tofu Green Grass Tofu refers to tofu made from Chinese herbs such as grass jelly, licorice, selfheal, chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, etc. 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. In the past, many families could make their own food. Sun-drying 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, 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. Drinking Fucha Fucha, 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 lychees During the Great Heat, according to Putian customs, every household eats lychees, which is called "passing the Great Heat." Lychees contain glucose and multiple vitamins and are rich in nutritional value, so eating fresh lychees can nourish the body. |
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