Interesting folk customs of Xiaoshu

The interesting folk customs of Xiaoshu are as follows:

1, eat a new one. In the summer solar term, wheat in the north and rice in the south just ushered in a bumper harvest. In order to celebrate the harvest, farmers will grind the harvested rice and cook it into rice as a sacrifice to the grain gods and ancestors, hoping that it will bless the harvest next year. On this day, everyone will taste new rice, drink new wine and eat fresh fruits and vegetables, which is called "eating new".

2. jiaozi and Fumian. As the saying goes, after the arrival of the summer heat, the dog days will soon open. Dog days mean hot summer. At this time, the weather is hot and dry, and people are prone to laziness and loss of appetite. Eating jiaozi can stimulate appetite and satisfy health, so people will grind freshly harvested wheat into noodles and wrap it in jiaozi in dog days. As for the custom of eating noodles on lucky days, it had already risen as early as the Three Kingdoms period. Eating noodles in Futian is "water surface" and "fried noodles", that is, frying flour in a pot, and then adding water and sugar to eat.

3. The sun is red and green. There is a folk saying "June 6th, the sun is red and green". This custom arose as early as the Tang Dynasty. When Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty retrieved the scriptures, he accidentally fell into the sea on his way back to China, and the Buddhist scriptures were soaked. They picked up the scriptures and dried them. It happened to be June 6th. Since then, this custom has been handed down. The so-called "red and green" is colorful clothes. In summer, when the weather is hot, people will take out all kinds of clothes to dry, which will have the effect of sterilization and mildew prevention.