What are the colorful folk customs of summer solar terms?

The customs of summer solar terms include sending summer boats and drinking summer sheep.

In southern Shandong, there is a custom of "drinking summer sheep" (that is, drinking mutton soup) on the day of summer heat. In Zaozhuang city, many citizens go to the local mutton soup kitchen to "drink summer sheep" in the hot summer.

The habit of eating Fu sheep in Zaozhuang is related to the local farming and climate. Zaozhuang is a famous wheat producing area. Autumn is the time when the wheat harvest is over and new faces are on the market. This is a short off-season. After the summer harvest, people are tired and should have a rest and enjoy themselves.

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. The activity of sending a "summer boat" in summer has a history of hundreds of years along the coast of Taizhou, Zhejiang. The "Summer Boat" was built according to the full size of the old three-gun sailboat. It is 8 meters long, 2 meters wide and weighs about 1.5 tons. It carries all kinds of sacrifices.