What does summer mean? What do you eat?

Hot summer means that the hot summer is over; It means that the hot summer is coming to an end, so much; Eat longan, white balls and ducks in summer.

I. Meaning

"Summer" means that the hot summer is over. "Twenty-four solar terms" said: "Go, go, the heat is over."

Second, the significance

Summer is a solar term reflecting the temperature change. "Chu" means hiding from the end, and "early summer" means that the hot summer is about to pass, so much. After the summer, except South China and Southwest China; The rainy season is coming to an end in most parts of China, and the precipitation is gradually decreasing. Especially in North China, Northeast China and Northwest China, we must pay close attention to water storage and moisture conservation. If there is drought during autumn sowing, the sowing date of winter crops will be postponed.

Third, the food you eat.

1, Duck: The traditional dietary custom of Nanjing people is to eat ducks in summer. Ducks, especially the duck in the cooked area of Jiangning Lake in Nanjing, are the most sought after. It is reported that the ducks there are sweet and cold, fat and thin. If there is no time, the old Nanjing people will go to the deli to buy half a duck to go home; People who are free will stew "radish old duck pot" at home or make "braised duck pieces" for their neighbors. This is what the saying goes, send ducks in summer to save everyone.

People in Hangzhou are used to dividing ducks into old ducks, young ducks and big ducks. As far as nutrition is concerned, old ducks have more lean meat, less water, better relative taste and nutrition, and are suitable for making soup, while meat ducks are mostly used to make roast ducks and sauced ducks.

2. Longan: When the "summer vacation" arrives, the "summer vacation" is over. Old Fuzhou used to eat longan, peeled and soaked in porridge.

3. White meatballs: In addition, another food that old Fuzhou eats in summer is white meatballs. White meatballs are actually dumplings. The method is simple. Rub glutinous rice flour into small grains, cook soup, add some sugar, and it tastes sweet.

Suitable agricultural activities in summer

In summer, most parts of southern China are in the busy season of harvesting mid-season rice. Generally, during the summer solar term, the sunshine in South China is still abundant. Except for the western part of South China, there are not many rainy days, which is beneficial to mid-season rice cutting cotton and spitting. During the summer season, fruits and crops in most areas of China gradually entered the mature stage, and farmers stepped up their picking, seized the farming season, and carried out field management such as rice fertilization and weeding.

"The summer valley is getting yellow, be careful of the strong wind." After summer, the temperature difference between day and night increases. Because the night is cold and the day is warm, the nutrients absorbed by the crops during the day are stored at night, so the crops mature quickly. "The fields change overnight in summer", "There is no valley for three days in summer", "Three Dynasties of rice in summer" and "Summer rice is full of fields, and everyone repairs warehouses", all of which indicate that the crops will be harvested soon after the summer solar term.