What are the local customs of summer solar terms?

The local summer solar terms customs are as follows:

1, Taizhou, Zhejiang: send a summer boat.

The activity of sending a "summer boat" in summer has a history of hundreds of years in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province. The "Summer Boat" was built according to the full scale of the old three-masted sailboat. It is 8 meters long, 2 meters wide and weighs about 1.5 tons. It carries all kinds of sacrifices. After the activity began, more than 50 fishermen took turns to carry the "Summer Boat" to the streets, drums were blaring, firecrackers were ringing, and people were praying all over the street. The "Summer Boat" was finally transported to the dock for a series of blessing ceremonies. Subsequently, this "summer boat" was dragged out of the fishing port by fishing boats, and then lit on the sea to let it rise and fall, in order to wish people a bumper harvest and a healthy life.

People in Jiaojiang, Taizhou also have the custom of eating ginger juice to adjust eggs in summer. Ginger juice can eliminate moisture in the body, and ginger juice can adjust eggs and "replenish people". Some elderly people like to eat chicken porridge, which is said to tonify yang.

2. Shandong: Drink summer sheep.

Lunan has the custom of "drinking summer sheep" (that is, drinking mutton soup) on this day.

3. Guangdong: Eat Cao Xian.

Guangdong has the custom of eating fairy grass in summer. Cao Xian, also known as Xiancao and Cao Xian, is a herbaceous plant of Labiatae in Cao Xian. It is an important medicinal and edible plant resource. It is known as "Cao Xian" because of its magical effect of relieving summer heat. After the stems and leaves are dried in the sun, they can be made into fairy grass, which is called bean jelly in Guangdong and is a summer dessert. It can also be used as medicine. There is a folk saying that "eat fairy grass in the midsummer of June, live like a fairy, and never get old." Statement. Chiffodil is one of the famous snacks in Taiwan Province Province. You can eat it cold or hot.

4. Fujian: Eat litchi.

Summer heat, according to the custom of Putian, Fujian, 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. On that day, people will still buy litchi no matter how high the price is.

Litchi is a specialty of Putian, among which Songjiaxiang, Zhuangyuanhong and Eighteen Niang Red are excellent varieties, which are well-known in ancient and modern times. In Putian, litchi matured into a tree full of thyme before and after the heat.