What does Chang Xia San Xin mean?

The three new meanings of long summer are cherry, plum and wheat. Because plums and cherries are seasonal fruits in the long summer, they are sweet and sour, appetizing and refreshing. At this time, the wheat is not yet fully mature, but when the green wheat is ripe, the cold noodles fried with sugar are particularly fragrant. On this day, the Long Summer Festival will offer cherries, plums and wheat to immortals and ancestors, which is a folk food custom in China.

Sanxin in Long Summer, also known as Sanxian in Long Summer, is a folk food custom in China. The traditional "three innovations" are: cherry in Xuanwu Lake, plum in Gaochun and shad in Zhenjiang. Long summer is one of the twenty-four solar terms in China lunar calendar, and it is the beginning of summer. In ancient times, the long summer was like the beginning of spring, and the emperor or doctor had to personally lead a ceremony to welcome the summer. It is said that people must eat eggs, seven-leaf tea, plums and wheat bean porridge in summer, which is said to have the magical effect of getting rid of diseases. As the saying goes, long summer has tasted the "three creations" in Jiangnan. The traditional "three creations" are: cherry, green plum and shad. "Three innovations" also refer to "bamboo shoots, cherries, plums", "cherries, plums, wheat kernels" and "bamboo shoots, cherries and broad beans". In short, in the long summer, you can eat fresh food in season.