What are the customs of the summer solstice solar terms?

1. Sacrifice to gods and ancestors: The summer solstice is the harvest season. Since ancient times, celebrating harvest and sacrificing ancestors at this time is to pray for a good year. Therefore, the summer solstice, as a festival, was included in the ancient ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods. "Zhou Li Chun Guan" contains: "With the arrival of summer, go to local things." In the Zhou dynasty, sacrifices were made to gods from summer solstice, which meant to eliminate famine, hunger and death. The solstice of summer is just after the wheat harvest. Farmers not only thank God for the bumper harvest, but also pray for the "autumn report". Around the summer solstice, some places hold a grand "Summer Wheat Festival", which is the relic of the ancient "Summer Wheat Festival" activities.

2. Summer Resort: On the solstice of summer, women give each other folding fans, powder cakes and other things. "Fuyang miscellaneous?" Li Yi: "On the solstice of summer, when you enter the bag of Fan and powder, you have to resign. "Wind powder grease produced by fan" is suitable for dispelling turbid gas caused by body heat and preventing miliaria. In the imperial court, after the "summer solstice", the royal family took out the ice cubes that were "stored in winter and used in summer" to "escape the heat", which was used by dynasties from the Zhou Dynasty and became a system.

3. "Summer solstice" cuisine: "wheat dumplings" and "summer solstice cakes": Jiangnan cuisine customs generally include wheat dumplings, millet, plums, wonton and noodle soup. "Wujiang County Records": "On the summer solstice, make wheat dumplings." . After the first sacrifice, you pay for it. Not only eat "wheat dumplings", but also give them to each other as gifts. On the day of summer solstice, farmers will roll pancakes, bake them, add vegetables, pods, tofu and bacon, eat them after ancestor worship, commonly known as "summer solstice cakes" or give them to relatives and friends.