What do Wuxi people eat on the solstice in summer?

People in Wuxi eat porridge in the morning of summer solstice and wonton at noon, which means chaos and harmony. There is a proverb: "Summer solstice wonton winter solstice reunion, four seasons Ankang people reunion." After eating wonton, I weigh my child, hoping that the child will gain weight healthily. Summer solstice was also called "Summer Festival" and "Summer solstice Festival" in ancient times. Jia Qinglu said: "The solstice in summer is the turn of the year, and the first, second and last hours of the day are called" three hours ". Being cautious, forbidding spells and shaving your head are taboo. " This shows that the ancients were cautious about the summer solstice.

Summer solstice is one of the 24 solar terms. Every year on June 2 1 or 22 of Gregorian calendar, the sun moves to 90 degrees of the yellow meridian, which is the summer solstice. At this time, the position of the sun directly on the ground reaches the northernmost point of the year, almost directly on the Tropic of Cancer, and the sunshine time in the northern hemisphere is the longest. After the summer solstice, Yin Qi began to grow and Yang Qi began to decline.

"However, the summer solstice is not hot." "The summer solstice is already three years old." Although the summer solstice indicates that the hot summer has arrived, it is not the hottest time yet. After the summer solstice, the temperature will continue to rise for some time, and about twenty or thirty days is the hottest weather.