What's so particular about summer solar terms?

Avoid tossing.

The summer heat is in the sixth month of the lunar calendar, which corresponds to the "escape" hexagram in the Book of Changes. Escape means retirement and seclusion. You should hide in summer and close the door to thank guests.

In ancient times, the great summer heat was also a short off-season. After harvesting in early summer, people are tired and should have a rest. Moreover, the weather is hot at this time, so it is not suitable for going out to do things. You should close the door and "hide" at home.

Be alone, calm down, carry out appropriate self-psychological encouragement, and imagine being in nature, with green trees swaying and mountains flowing, relaxed and calm.

Suitable for what?

Eat ginger.

"Ginger can help God, eliminate evil and help him." Zhu of the Song Dynasty said this, and there is also a saying among the people: eat radish in winter and ginger in summer. Ginger is good, everyone knows it, but you can't eat it indiscriminately.

In hot summer, it is best to soak ginger in vinegar: nourishing liver and rising yang, not getting angry.

Vinegar is astringent, so Jiang Ye, which was originally spicy, became peaceful and tasted less spicy than ginger. People who don't like ginger can also try it.

Selection of ingredients: vinegar (brewed white vinegar) and ginger (fresh ginger).

It should be eaten once every six months.

Before and after the summer heat, it is June 15th of the lunar calendar, which is half of the whole year. Taiwan Province Province is also known as the "semi-annual festival".

On this day, after worshipping God, the whole family will be together for "half a year". Half-year rings are made by grinding glutinous rice into powder and rubbing it with red noodles. Most of them will be made into candy to taste, symbolizing reunion and sweetness.

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Summer is the rapid growth period of crops, and droughts, floods and wind disasters are also the most frequent in most areas. Therefore, people burn incense and pray for good weather and good harvests.

There is also a saying that is close to the "dog days moxibustion" of Chinese medicine. Fumigating and baking specific acupoints with drugs in dog days can treat a variety of stubborn diseases.

Summer customs:

1, send the summer boat

The custom of sending "summer boats" along the coast of Taizhou, Zhejiang Province has a history of hundreds of years. It is said that during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, epidemics often occurred here, and the epidemic situation was more serious in the heat. People think that this is caused by five evil spirits, so they built five sacred temples by the river. On the day of the Summer Festival, people used special wooden boats to transport the offerings to Jiaojiangkou to send away the plague, thus wishing people a bumper harvest and a healthy life.

Step 2 enjoy the lotus flowers

June, where the summer heat is located, is also called "Lotus Moon". According to legend, June 24th is the birthday of the lotus, so people have the custom of appreciating the lotus. "Looking at the Sun" calls June 24th the Lotus Watching Festival. Women pick lotus flowers for their husbands, just like giving them to each other to express their affection.

Step 3 overheat

On the Great Summer Festival, people in Putian, Fujian have the custom of eating litchi, which is called "over the Great Summer".

4. Summer cruise

The ancients came as a festival in summer, and "Summer Moon Tour" was one of the folk customs at that time. In the old society, every June, scholars and women gathered together. The West Lake in Hangzhou has been planted with violets since the Tang Dynasty. Scholars go boating on it in summer to enjoy the moon, and the scenery is infinite.

5, ice ceremony

In ancient times, there was a ceremony to enjoy the ice on rainy days, that is, to take out the ice stored in the twelfth lunar month on rainy days to cool people off. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, Beijing still gave ice. From midsummer to beginning of autumn, every yamen gives ice, and gives out "ice tickets" according to different levels of officials, and the people collect them themselves.