Detailed explanation of Xiao Shu's nickname

It belongs to one of the 24 solar terms, but according to its characteristics, it has other nicknames, such as plum blossom and crouching tiger, because it often means the end of the rainy season and the arrival of the dog days.

Detailed explanation of Xiao Shu's nickname

Slight summer heat is also called plum blossom or falling plum.

Summer is one of the 24 solar terms. Why is there another name? Because the summer solar term marks the appearance or fall of plum blossoms. In summer, the weather is changeable and rainy. In some years, there is little rain, high temperature and low humidity, and the weather is hot, but it is not the hottest. At this time, the Meiyu in the Jianghuai Basin is coming to an end, and the temperature in long summer has risen and entered the summer drought period; While North China and Northeast China entered the rainy season, tropical cyclone activities were frequent, and the number of tropical cyclones landing began to increase, so the brother-in-law was called Mei or Fuxi.

What are the traditions of summer solar terms?

1, eat fried noodles

Eating fried noodles in summer is actually the evolution of eating noodles in summer in June, because there is a custom of eating fried noodles on June 6 in the old society. The custom of eating fried noodles on June 6th was popular at the latest in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the solar term in summer is close to June 6th, so people have the custom of eating fried noodles in summer.

2. Add the soup cake

Eating soup cakes is also one of the traditional customs of summer solar terms. "Chronicle of Jingchu's Age" contains: in June, he entered the soup cake, which was called evil. This shows that after the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was made clear that making soup cakes in June was to eliminate disasters.

Step 3 Eat jiaozi

In the north of China, there is a saying that jiaozi lies on the second floor and pancakes and eggs are on the third floor, so people will eat jiaozi in the summer solar term. Eating jiaozi on the head is a traditional custom. Fukui people have poor appetite and are often thinner than usual, which is called bitter summer. In traditional customs, jiaozi is a food to stimulate appetite.