Summer is coming, what should we do?

1, fishing festival

For coastal fishermen, summer is a good season for fishing and harvesting. Every year, during the summer and solar terms, the annual grand fishing festival will be held in the coastal areas of Zhejiang Province. It was decided to hold a grand fishing ceremony on the day of the fishing moratorium in the East China Sea to see the fishermen off to sea.

On the occasion of the fishing festival, the static sea surface, which was originally full of sails and thousands of cranes anchored, instantly became an active scene with the roar of machines, the long whistle and the chirping of hundreds of cranes. The main contents of the fishing festival include the hanging of fishing lanterns by thousands of families, the ceremony of contending for thousands of boats, the special performance of literary evening, island tourism, the display of special products, local folk cultural performances and other activities.

2. Worship the land god

The summer solar term coincides with the harvest season of crops, and farmers hold various ceremonies to thank the land god. Some killed animals to worship in the land temple, some planted flags in the middle of the field to express their gratitude, and some didn't wash their feet when they came home from work in the field on this day, for fear of washing away the harvest.

On July 15th, offering sacrifices to land and crops is still a folk custom. Scatter sacrifices in the fields. After burning the paper, wrap it on the ears of crops with cut five-color paper. Legend has it that autumn can avoid hail and get a bumper harvest. At the same time, some places have to go to Houtu Temple to offer sacrifices. Hemp and valley are hung at the gate of Dingxiang county folk custom.

3. Worship ancestors to welcome autumn

Most of the folk customs around the summer solar terms are related to ancestor worship and welcoming autumn. Around the summer vacation, there will be folk activities to celebrate the Central Plains, commonly known as "July 30" or "Central Plains Festival".

In the old society, people began to open the gate of hell on the first day of July, and it didn't end until the end of the month. During this period, Purdue giving activities were held. It is said that Purdue activities started with the opening of the gate of hell, and then lanterns were erected and river lanterns were set off, causing lonely souls and wild ghosts; The main body is to build Pudu altar, build solitary shed, and intervene in robbing orphans. Finally, it ends with closing the gate of hell.

Step 4 make tea

This custom has been popular since the Tang Dynasty. In summer, every household has the habit of frying herbal tea. First go to the drugstore to make a prescription, and then cook tea at home, which means that eating something "bitter" in autumn is quite beneficial to clearing away heat and fire, resolving food stagnation and removing lung heat.

In the sixties and seventies of last century, there were tea stalls selling sour plum soup in the streets and alleys of the city, so there was a proverb that "sour plum soup is extinct in midsummer". Making sour plum soup is very simple. Soak dried plums in boiling water at night and add rock sugar. After cooking and cooling, put it into a wooden ice bucket with a cover to reduce its temperature. It tastes sour and sweet, sweet and slightly salty, and tastes good.

In summer, you should eat foods that clear away heat and soothe the nerves, such as tremella, lily, lotus seeds, honey, kelp, celery, spinach, glutinous rice, sesame and so on. In addition, fruit juice drinks, soybean milk and milk are also good drinks. You should also eat less hot food such as spicy fried food.

Step 5 eat ducks

Old duck tastes sweet and cool, so there is a tradition of eating duck in summer, and there are many ways to do it, such as boiled duck, lemon duck, ginger duck, roast duck, lotus leaf duck and walnut duck. Beijing still retains this tradition. Usually in summer, Beijingers will go to the store to buy lily ducks and the like.

Ducks are full of treasures. Duck meat is sweet, salty and cold, and has the functions of nourishing yin and stomach, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Suitable for bone steaming, heat exhaustion, dysuria, nocturnal emission, irregular menstruation of women, etc. Black-bone duck has great medicinal value, and tuberculosis patients can relieve symptoms such as hot flashes and cough. Old ducks can tonify deficiency and nourish yin, which is beneficial to those who have been sick for a long time or vomited blood because of fatigue.

6. Eat longan with porridge

The living custom of old Fuzhou is to eat longan with porridge in summer, because the weather in summer is hot and the human body consumes a lot of calories. Eating longan can supplement calories. Longan is warm, beneficial to the heart and spleen, qi and blood, and has the function of nourishing and benefiting qi. The older generation ate a bowl of longan and ate it with porridge.

In addition, another food that old Fuzhou eats in summer is white meatballs. White meatballs are actually dumplings. The method is simple. Knead glutinous rice flour into small particles, cook soup, add some sugar and taste sweet, which can not only supplement carbohydrates, but also solve the problem of greasy mouth in summer.

7. River lamp

River lanterns are also called "lotus lanterns". Generally, a lamp or a candle is placed on the base, and it is placed in rivers, lakes and seas during the Mid-Autumn Festival, allowing it to float freely. River lanterns are for ghosts such as drowning in Purdue water.

A passage in Hong Xiao's Biography of Hulan River is the best footnote of this custom: "July 15th is Ghost Festival; You damn fool can't keep alive, and it's hard to wander in hell. They want to support themselves, but they can't find the direction. On this day, the dead fool holds the river lantern and has to support it for a lifetime. "