What does Chang Xia eat in Hangzhou? Introduction of long summer solar terms

1. Every time Hangzhou people go to Long Summer, they will take a new break and prepare fruit cakes. Relatives and neighbors will worship each other and give each other tea, which is called "eating seven teas in long summer".

Hangzhou people eat long summer rice every time they go to long summer. "Long Summer" Hangzhou people love to eat black rice with peas. These customs actually originated in the Mid-Levels of Hangzhou, and gradually spread to Hangjiahu area with the passage of time.

3. There are two kinds of special long summer rice in Hangzhou, one is black rice (called long Xia Guo in Hangzhou) and the other is my pea glutinous rice (called salty bean glutinous rice in Hangzhou).

4. Girls must eat peas and glutinous rice on this day, because pea pods looks like an eyebrow. If she eats it on this day in the long summer, she can "look forward to it with a smile". There is also a saying in the older generation that eating black rice in summer will not be bitten by mosquitoes all summer.

Long summer is the seventh solar term among the twenty-four solar terms, and it is also the first solar term in summer. It is held on May 05-07 of the Gregorian calendar every year. At this time, the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the southeast, and the longitude of the sun reaches 45. Long summer is an important solar term, marking the peak season for the growth of all things. Almanac: "The bucket refers to the southeast dimension and the long summer. Everything has grown up since then, so it is named Long Summer. " After the long summer, the sunshine increases, the temperature rises gradually, the thunderstorm increases, and the crops enter a vigorous growth stage.