What traditional food does Tianjin eat on the solstice in summer? Tianjin characteristics from summer solstice to Japanese solstice

1, lettuce, cold noodles. There used to be a saying in old Beijing that "winter solstice wonton, summer solstice noodles". According to the custom of old Beijing, lettuce and cold noodles can be eaten as early as the solstice of summer every year. Eating these raw and cold foods can effectively help reduce fire and stimulate appetite, but it will not damage your health because it is too cold. Therefore, whenever summer solstice comes, cold noodles and other foods begin to be sold.

2. Hot surface. Some people like to eat hot noodles in hot summer, which is called "picking pots". It is said to mean "evil". Eating hot noodles is to drive away evil spirits, and sweating more to drive away moisture and summer heat in the human body.

3. Summer solstice soup. People in Changsha, Hunan, eat dumplings made of glutinous rice flour and mouse grass on the summer solstice, which is called "summer solstice soup". There is a folk saying that "you eat the soup in midsummer, and the crushed stone steps into a pit", and "you eat a ball on the beach in midsummer (pronounced" Tuo ") and cross the river with one foot", which means that you are extremely strong and as light as a swallow.

4. Summer solstice cake. After the summer harvest, new wheat is on the market, so it is a custom to eat noodles and try new wheat every day. Some people mix them with wheat flour and spread them into pancakes for baking cooked food. With vegetables, pods, tofu and bacon, it is usually called "summer solstice cake" after ancestor worship.