Customized ants in sweet potato season

Summer customs include eating litchi, eating "Cao Xian", drinking "Summer Sheep", eating pineapple, eating noodles and drinking tea.

1, eat litchi

In the summer heat, according to Putian custom, every household should eat litchi, which is called "passing the summer heat". According to folklore, eating litchi in summer is as nutritious as eating ginseng. Litchi contains glucose and multivitamins, and it is nutritious. Eating fresh litchi can nourish the body. First, soak the fresh litchi in the cold well water and take it out to taste as soon as summer arrives. At this time, eating litchi is the most pleasant and nourishing.

Step 2 Eat "Cao Xian"

Many places in Guangdong have the custom of "eating fairy grass" in summer. There is a folk saying that "Eating Cao Xian in June is like living as a fairy, never getting old". Cao Xian bean jelly and Cao Xian are also common summer products for Xiamen people.

3. Drink "Summer Sheep"

Drinking sheep in summer is a popular summer custom in Yimeng mountain area and southwest Shandong province. Among them, Shandong Shanxian mutton soup is the most famous. The mutton soup in summer is of good quality and rich in nutrition. It has the good effects of strengthening glands, benefiting qi, warming and tonifying kidney yang, and has become a nourishing and delicious food with excellent flavor on people's table in slack season.

Step 4 eat pineapple

In hot summer, people think that pineapple is the best in this season. In addition, the pronunciation of pineapple in Minnan dialect is the same as that of "Wanglai", so it is also used as a symbol of praying for peace, good luck and prosperous business.

Step 5 eat noodles

Summer is coming, and Linyi has the traditional custom of eating noodles in urban and rural areas. On this day, every married daughter and married son will go back to their parents' home, kill a sheep and cook a pot of cold noodles. The whole family will happily drink mutton soup and eat noodles and have a hot summer.

Step 6 drink tea

Fu Cha, as its name implies, is the tea people drink in dog days. Free tea is usually served from the beginning of June to the end of August in the lunar calendar. This kind of tea, which is made of more than ten kinds of Chinese herbal medicines such as honeysuckle, selfheal and licorice, has the function of cooling and relieving summer heat. In ancient times, there was a custom in many rural areas, that is, villagers would put some tea in the pavilion at the entrance of the village and give it to passers-by for free.