Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What do you eat in the summer solar terms? What are the dietary customs of summer solar terms?

What do you eat in the summer solar terms? What are the dietary customs of summer solar terms?

There are folk customs such as eating jiaozi, mango, Sambo, Liumian and mutton.

1, eat lotus root

Every solar term, people have the custom of eating lotus roots in summer. Lotus root has the effects of clearing away heat, nourishing blood and relieving annoyance, and is suitable for eating in summer.

Step 2 eat new things

Eating new things in summer is a Hakka folk activity. After the light summer, Hakka people taste new rice, grind the newly cut rice into rice, make a meal to worship the grain gods and ancestors, and then eat new wine and so on. It is said that "eating new things" means "eating new things", which is the first new day after the summer festival.

Step 3 eat six sides

There is also an important festival before and after the summer heat, that is, the "Heavenly Sacrifice" held on June 6 of the lunar calendar every year. In the past, people also paid attention to eating six different types of noodles on festivals, and the custom of eating noodles on blessed days began at least in the Three Kingdoms period.

4, eat three treasures

At this time of year, people have the custom of eating three treasures-Monopterus albus, honey lotus root and mung bean sprouts.

Step 5 Eat jiaozi.

People in Fukui have poor appetite and are often thinner than usual, which is called bitter summer. jiaozi is a traditional food to stimulate appetite and relieve hunger. More importantly, the jiaozi we ate this day was mostly vegetarian, and the refreshing vegetables effectively improved people's loss of appetite.

Step 6 eat mutton

The custom of eating mutton in Xuzhou can be traced back to the Yao and Shun period. There is a saying among the people that Pengcheng has a bowl of sheep soup, but there is no prescription from the imperial doctor.