What is Sam sun? What do you eat to keep healthy?

Xiaoman solar term is the second solar term in summer. At this time, cereal crops began to become full, and various seasonal vegetables and fruits also had a large number of choices. There is a saying in the countryside that "a small man sees three delicacies", so what does this "three delicacies" mean?

What is the "three delicacies" in the old rural saying? Usually refers to the three kinds of fresh vegetables and fruits that this solar term began to appear in the market, namely cucumber, garlic bolt and cherry. Some places are different. In some places, Sanxian is defined as a symbol of "bumper harvest", which refers to a small number of seasonal vegetables: rape, garlic and barley.

No matter what it refers to, ripe vegetables and fruits at this time have very good nutritional value and taste, because they come at the right time.

For example, cucumber can clear away heat and quench thirst, promote diuresis to reduce swelling, clear fire and detoxify, and has a special fragrance. Cherry is known as the king of diamonds in fruits and is rich in vitamin C. It is recognized as "the king of natural VC" and "the fruit of life" in the world.

What does Xiaoman solar terms eat for health? From a health point of view, diseases are most likely to occur after the full solar terms. When the season is full, everything grows fastest, the physiological activities of the human body are in the most vigorous period, and the nutrition needs to be consumed the most, so it is necessary to supplement nutrition in time.

Xiaoman solar terms can eat some foods that can clear away heat and damp, nourish yin and warm the stomach, and tonify, such as shepherd's purse ginger fish head soup, salt and pepper old hen pork tripe soup, mung bean sprout clam soup, bitter gourd kapok beef soup, American ginseng red date sashimi soup, chicken feet soup and so on. There are also melon, coix seed, lentils, red beans, yam, Euryale ferox, Poria, lotus seeds, watermelons, kelp, mung beans and other foods. , can clear heat and cool blood, and help the spleen. But cold foods, such as watermelon, kelp, mung beans, etc., are not recommended on an empty stomach in the morning, which is easy to catch cold, hurt the spleen and stomach, hurt the yang, and cause stomach cold and abdominal pain.

What are the customs of Xiaoman solar terms? Xiaoman period is also the time for cocoon. Our farming culture often says "men plow and women weave", in which the material of women weave is silk in the south and cotton in the north. Therefore, sericulture is very popular in the south, and silk has been regarded as a matter of course since ancient times. Being able to wear silk clothes is also a symbol of status.

According to legend, Xiaoman is also the birth day of the silkworm god. In order to get the forgiveness of the silkworm god and pray for a good harvest, people will go to the silkworm mother temple and the silkworm temple to worship the silkworm god. People call this festival Silkworm Prayer Day.

Xiaoman has three cars, namely silk car, field car and oil car. The harvest season is when spring silkworms spin silk, paddy fields use rice mills, and rapeseed is harvested in the south to extract oil. Therefore, in order to pray for a bumper harvest, these three cars will gather in many places to hold worship ceremonies on this day.

There is a saying in the countryside that goes back to her mother's family: "The wheat is slightly Huang Shi, and the woman looks after her mother." When the wheat is full, the wheat in the north gradually matures. At this time, the daughter and son-in-law will buy gifts and go back to their parents' homes to visit them and ask about the preparations for the wheat harvest. Generally, this custom only exists in the north.

When the summer busy season is full, all kinds of farm tools are essential. Therefore, in order to facilitate the busy farming, some places have the custom of holding a summer busy farming meeting, which generally lasts for 3 or 5 days. In addition, farmers can also go to the market to buy various agricultural production tools, including some livestock and grain. At the same time, there will also be a stage for singing big dramas, and all kinds of gongs and drums will sound together, which is very shocking.