What do you eat in summer?

The customs and diets of summer solar terms include drinking tea, eating pineapple, eating grass, eating litchi, eating rice grains and eating noodles.

1, have tea

There is a folk custom of drinking tea in dog days. Tea is a kind of tea drunk in dog days, which is made of more than ten kinds of Chinese herbal medicines such as honeysuckle, selfheal and licorice.

Step 2 eat pineapple

There is a folk proverb in Taiwan Province Province: Eat pineapple in summer. In other words, pineapple is the best in this season, and the pronunciation of pineapple in Minnan is the same as "Wanglai", so it is also used as a symbol of praying for peace, auspiciousness and prosperous business.

Step 3 Eat Cao Xian

Many places in Guangdong have the custom of eating fairy grass in summer. Cao Xian is an important medicinal and edible plant resource, known as "Cao Xian".

Step 4 eat litchi

People in Putian, Fujian have the custom of eating litchi, mutton and rice grains during the summer heat, which is called "passing the summer heat".

Step 5 eat bad rice

People in Putian, Fujian still have the custom of eating rice grains in summer. Rice grains are made by mixing rice with white rice koji and fermenting it until it is completely cooked. In summer, cut into pieces and add some brown sugar to cook.

Step 6 eat noodles

Linyi has the custom of eating noodles in summer in urban and rural areas. On this day, both the married daughter and the married son will go back to their parents' home to cook a sheep and a pot of cold noodles. The whole family will happily drink mutton soup and eat noodles and have a wonderful summer.