Food culture: what to eat in the summer solstice in Northeast China?

On this day in summer, Northeasters will eat noodles and jiaozi. As early as ancient times, ordinary people thought that eating hot noodles could exorcise evil spirits, make people less affected by disasters and diseases and keep healthy. Therefore, eating noodles in the summer of solstice has always been an old tradition in Northeast China, and this custom has been passed down to this day. The summer solstice is also an important traditional folk festival-"Summer solstice festival". There are folk customs such as offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, squatting in summer, eating noodles and eating zongzi.

What are the traditional foods eaten in summer in Northeast China? What are the customs from summer solstice?

Summer solstice was also called "summer solstice" and "summer solstice festival" in ancient times. In the seventh century BC, the summer solstice was determined by measuring the sun shadow with folk soil meters. The summer solstice is the earliest of the 24 solar terms.

What are the traditional foods eaten in summer in Northeast China? What are the customs from summer solstice?

Summer solstice is the earliest festival in China. Before the Qing Dynasty, the summer solstice was a national holiday, so go home and have a good drink with your relatives. Today, different places in China have different summer solstice customs. For example, in the northwest of China, such as Shaanxi, people eat zongzi on the solstice in summer, and chrysanthemums are used as ashes to prevent wheat from being damaged.

What are the traditional foods eaten in summer in Northeast China? What are the customs from summer solstice?

In the south, people weigh themselves on this day. Peasant noodles are pancakes, baked, served with vegetables, pods, tofu and bacon, eaten after ancestor worship or given to relatives and friends. In some areas, during the summer solstice, it is a custom for underage nephews and nieces to eat at their parents' homes.