Why do you eat noodles on the solstice in summer?

Because the summer solstice is just after the wheat harvest, people eat noodles on this day. One is to pray for disaster relief and celebrate the harvest, and the other is to do it early.

Since ancient times, people in China have said that "the solstice in winter is the solstice in summer", and eating noodles on the solstice in summer is an important custom in many areas. There are different kinds of noodles in the north and the south, such as Yangchun noodles, soup noodles, shredded pork noodles, three fresh noodles, rice noodles crossing the bridge, cold noodles, dried noodles and noodles with dregs ... All kinds of noodles are the homesickness flavor that many people remember most. For example, Beijingers like to eat solstice lettuce, old Beijing Zhajiang Noodles and so on in summer.

In ancient times, people usually held sacrificial ceremonies from the summer solstice to pray for God's blessing for disaster and prosperity. At this time, people produced new wheat, and people sacrificed pasta to the gods. Naturally, there is a custom of eating noodles. Xia Xinmai has just appeared, and eating noodles is to taste it early. People can absorb rich nutrition from noodles made of delicious new flour.

Other dietary customs

During the solar term from summer to Sunday, noodles are not only popular, but also the custom of eating dog meat in some areas from summer to Sunday. There are also popular folk sayings such as "winter solstice sheep, summer solstice dog, summer solstice dog has nowhere to go". The folk saying is that farmers harvest mangoes, compete for seeds and manage the fields very hard. Their bodies consume a lot of energy, and dog meat and tonic can enhance their physical strength, so there is a custom of eating dog meat from summer to Sunday, which is still maintained in some places.

There are also people who eat litchi on the solstice in summer. "It's harmless to eat a litchi in summer solstice for a whole year." Some places like to eat chaos, such as "Wonton in summer solstice, group in winter solstice, and Ankang people get together all the year round."