What does the north eat in summer and noodles in summer?

In the long summer in the north, we usually eat summer cakes, flour cakes, spring rolls and noodles.

Eat traditional foods in the long summer: eggs, long summer tea, long summer soup, military vegetables, wheat silkworm, foot bone bamboo shoots, Qijia porridge, long summer rice and so on.

Healthy food in the long summer solar term: duck eggs, lettuce, poria cocos, wheat, bitter gourd, pig heart, lotus seeds, mung beans, millet, lotus roots and so on.

Wheat is planted in northern China, and long summer is the season for wheat to appear. Therefore, in most parts of the north, people are used to making and eating pasta in the long summer to celebrate the wheat harvest. Many places have a tradition of eating noodles on this day, which originated in the Jin Dynasty. At that time, the ancestors moved from the north to the south to commemorate the celebration and taste of the New Year after the harvest of wheat in the north, and also to symbolize the good weather and bumper harvests in the coming year.

In the long summer, old Beijing pays attention to eating noodles to celebrate the wheat harvest. It is said that the custom of eating noodles in the long summer originated in the Jin Dynasty. At that time, eating noodles was to commemorate the festive taste of the northern wheat harvest, and it also meant good weather and good harvest in the coming year. There is a saying that summer is a new day. Eating noodles in the long summer can strengthen the body and bring good luck to people.