What traditional food do you eat on the solstice in summer? What food do you eat during the summer solstice?

The solstice summer is here, and so is the sultry summer. Summer makes people feel very tired and their appetite drops a lot, but the food in summer is also the most delicious. So, what traditional food do you eat on the summer solstice? The food of solar terms varies from place to place. The following is what I introduced to eat during the summer solstice. Come and have a look.

What traditional food do you eat on the solstice in summer?

What traditional food do you eat on the solstice in summer?

Steamed pea flour cake

Pea cake is a custom from summer solstice in Nanjing. Every summer solstice, the elderly in Nanjing will make some pea cakes at home and let their children sit at home to eat, in order to expect their children to stay away from disasters and diseases safely.

wonton

The southern region pays attention to eating wonton on the solstice of summer, saying that eating wonton can ensure that summer is not bitter and healthy. Wonton, because its shape is "like an egg, much like a chaotic world", and its sound is homophonic with "chaos", there is a folk saying that eating wonton on the solstice of summer helps children to be smart.

Cooked new grains of wheat

This is a game in which children try new wheat in soup with a small fence made of new wheat straw.

zongzi

Many areas have the habit of eating zongzi from summer to the future, which does not mean that they only eat zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival. The glutinous rice and red dates used for zongzi are actually relatively positive energy foods. Eating zongzi on the solstice in summer is really good for the human body.

Summer solstice soup

People in Changsha, Hunan, eat dumplings made of glutinous rice flour and mouse grass on the summer solstice, which is called "summer solstice soup". As the saying goes, "after eating the summer solstice soup, the muddy stone steps become pits." "Eat a ball and cross the river with one foot on the summer solstice" means that you are extremely powerful and as light as a swallow.

Summer solstice cake

After the summer harvest, new wheat comes on the market, so it is a custom to eat noodles and try new wheat every day. Some people mix them with wheat flour and spread them into pancakes for baking cooked food. With vegetables, pods, tofu and bacon, it is usually called "summer solstice cake" after ancestor worship.

Summer solstice eggs

Cook the whole egg, dye the egg skin with red paper or red dye, put it in a small net bag, tie the child's breast, hang it until noon or afternoon, and then peel off the eggshell to eat the egg. People think that eating eggs in summer solstice can strengthen the body, strengthen the stomach and keep pace. As the saying goes, "Eat eggs in summer solstice, and the slate is trampled."

What food do you eat before and after the summer solstice solar term?

Beijing

"Winter solstice jiaozi, summer solstice noodles", delicious Beijingers pay attention to eating noodles in summer solstice. According to the customs of old Beijing, lettuce and cold noodles can be eaten on the first day of the summer solstice every year, because the climate is hot at this time, eating something cold can reduce the fire and stimulate the appetite, and it will not damage the health because of the cold. In summer solstice, noodle restaurants in Beijing are very popular. No matter Sichuan cold noodles, Dandan Noodles, braised pork noodles or zhajiang noodles, all kinds of noodles are very popular.

Shaoxing

In the old days, in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, people, rich or poor, had to worship their ancestors during the summer solstice, commonly known as "making the summer solstice". In addition to the regular offerings, they also had to add a plate of Pusi cakes. However, due to the climate, the dragon boat race in Shaoxing has not been held on the Dragon Boat Festival since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but on the solstice in summer, and this custom still exists.

Wuxi

On the solstice of summer, Wuxi people eat porridge in the morning 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 the child, hoping that the child will gain weight and be healthy.

Mohe

Mohe County is the county with the highest latitude in China. Due to the high latitude and strong daylight in summer, the Northern Lights often appear in Mohe area. Therefore, people call Mohe County "the city that never sleeps in China" and "the city of aurora". The white night in Mohe occurs from summer to 9 days before and after, that is, June 15 ~25. At this time, the Mohe clear sky in Wan Li is the best season for people to travel and visit. Therefore, since 1989, Mohe County has designated the annual "Summer Solstice" as a tourism festival, mainly held in Xilin Town and Arctic Village. When the summer solstice comes, thousands of people go to the Arctic Village to celebrate.

Shandong (province)

On the day of summer solstice, cold noodles are commonly eaten in all parts of Shandong Province, commonly known as water crossing, and there is a proverb "winter solstice, summer solstice in jiaozi". In Laiyang area, new wheat is recommended from summer to day, and in Huangxian (now Longkou City) area, new wheat grains can be eaten when cooked. Children weave a delicate small hedge with wheat straw and fish it into their mouths again and again in soup. It is not only a game but also a game, which is very interesting for farm life. In Pingyin area, ancestors sacrificed from summer to the sun.

South of Wuling

Eating dog meat and litchi in the summer of solstice is a "patent" that Lingnan people want to eat. Cantonese in Guangzhou, Qinzhou and Yulin in Guangxi also like to eat dog meat and lychee on the solstice in summer. It is said that dog meat and lychee are not hot together in summer solstice, and there is a saying that "fish breeds dogs in summer solstice", so the habit of eating dog meat and lychee in summer solstice continues to this day.

"Eat dog meat from summer to sun, and the west wind detours", which means that as long as people eat dog meat from summer to sun, their bodies can resist the attack of westerly storms, catch fewer colds and be healthy. It is based on this beautiful wish that the unique folk food culture of "dog meat from summer to the sun" came into being. Nowadays, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the scene of every household killing dogs from summer to morning no longer exists. However, the habit of eating dog meat in every household remains the same.