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Why do you eat new rice in summer?

Because there is the custom of "eating new things" in the hot summer, we only taste new rice after the hot summer. After the farmers grind the newly cut rice into rice, they prepare to worship the food of the grain gods and ancestors, and then everyone eats new wine. It is said that "eating new things" means "eating new things", which is the first new day after the summer festival.

The heat began to enter the dog days. The so-called "hot dog days". The dog days generally appear between the hot summer and the hot summer, and it is the time with the highest temperature and humid heat in a year. Monsoon climate is the main feature of China climate. In summer, affected by the warm and humid air flow from the ocean, many places in China are hot, humid and rainy. Although the sun is scorching, it is hot, humid and rainy at this time. For crops, the same period of rain and heat is conducive to growth.