Diet custom of solar terms in midsummer

The customs and diets of summer solar terms are: drinking tea, eating pineapple and drinking summer sheep.

1, have tea

Fu Cha, as its name implies, is the tea people drink in dog days. Free tea is usually served from the beginning of June to the end of August in the lunar calendar. Fu Cha tea is made of more than ten kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, such as honeysuckle, selfheal and licorice. In ancient times, there was a custom in many rural areas, that is, people in the village would put some tea in the pavilion at the entrance of the village before and after the summer solar term and give it to passers-by for free.

Step 2 eat pineapple

During the Summer Festival, most of the waters around Taiwan Province Province are warm-water fish, with squid in the northeast and snapper in the outer seas of Keelung, Chizong and Changhua. Taiwan Province Province folk proverb: Eat pineapple in summer, saying that pineapple is the best in this season.

3. Drink sheep in summer

In northern China, there is a custom of drinking summer sheep (mutton soup) on a hot summer day. After the intense summer harvest, people are very tired and should have a good rest. So, the whole family got together, and everyone ate a delicious new wheat steamed stuffed bun and drank a bowl of delicious mutton soup.

Summer solar terms custom activities

1, send "Summer Boat" to Zhejiang.

Sending a "summer boat" is a traditional folk custom in Zhejiang coastal areas, especially in many fishing villages in Taizhou. Its significance is to send the "five saints" out of the sea and protect people from the heat. When sending the "Summer Boat", there are also colorful folk art performances.

Step 2 burn incense

Fuxiang has the highest solar term temperature in summer, the fastest growth of crops, and the most frequent droughts, floods and wind disasters in most areas. The tasks of harvesting crop seeds, drought resistance and drainage, and field management are very heavy; Therefore, people burn incense and pray for good weather and good harvests.

Step 3 fight crickets

The summer heat is the season with the largest number of crickets in rural fields, and people in many areas of China have the custom of fighting crickets for fun after meals. Adults will take their children to catch crickets in the fields first, and then play cricket under the big tree, which is very interesting.