What is the custom of the summer solstice solar terms?

The summer solstice is the first of the 24 solar terms. The arrival of the summer solstice means that the hottest day of the year is coming. The following is the custom I shared about the summer solstice solar terms. Welcome to reading.

What is the custom of the summer solstice solar terms?

1, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors

The solstice in summer is the harvest season of wheat. Since ancient times, people have had the custom of celebrating harvest and offering sacrifices to ancestors at this time in order to pray for a good year. Therefore, the summer solstice, as a festival, was included in the ancient ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods. "Zhou Li Chun Guan" contains: "With the arrival of summer, go to local things." In the Zhou dynasty, sacrifices were made to gods from summer solstice, which meant to eliminate famine, hunger and death. The solstice of summer is just after the wheat harvest. Farmers not only thank God for the bumper harvest, but also pray for the "autumn report". Around the summer solstice, some places hold a grand "Summer Wheat Festival", which is the relic of the ancient "Summer Wheat Festival" activities.

2. Summer Resort

On the solstice of summer, women give each other folding fans, powder cakes and other things. "Fuyang miscellaneous?" Li Yi: "On the solstice of summer, when you enter the bag of Fan and powder, you have to resign. "Wind powder grease produced by fan" is suitable for dispelling turbid gas caused by body heat and preventing miliaria. In the imperial court, after the "summer solstice", the royal family took out the ice cubes that were "stored in winter and used in summer" to "escape the heat". Since the Zhou Dynasty, they have been used by dynasties and become a system.

3. "Summer solstice" food

"Wheat Zongzi" and "Summer Solstice Cake": Jiangnan food customs, generally including wheat Zongzi, corn millet, plums, wonton, noodle soup and so on. "Wujiang County Records": "On the summer solstice, make wheat dumplings." . After the first sacrifice, you pay for it. Not only eat "wheat dumplings", but also give them to each other as gifts. On the day of summer solstice, farmers will roll pancakes, bake them, add vegetables, pods, tofu and bacon, eat them after ancestor worship, commonly known as "summer solstice cakes" or give them to relatives and friends.

Winter Solstice Wonton, Summer Solstice Noodle: China has a saying since ancient times that "winter Solstice Wonton, summer Solstice Noodle". In Jiangnan, eating noodles is an important custom in many areas. There is a saying that "eating noodles on the solstice in summer shortens the day". There are many kinds of noodles in the south, such as Yangchun noodles, dried soup noodles, shredded pork noodles, three fresh noodles, sesame oil noodles and cold noodles, while noodles with gravy and noodles with dregs in the north. "Because new wheat has appeared from summer to day, eating noodles from summer to day also means tasting new things."

How to keep healthy on the solstice of summer?

1, bask in the sun every day

Sunbathing in summer is effective without spending money, which can prevent osteoporosis and help stabilize ovarian function. This is what Chinese medicine calls "supplementing Yang with Yang". Many women are worried that they will tan their skin in the summer sun, and chloasma and freckles will appear on their faces. Actually, it's good to grasp the time. After 9 am or 4 or 5 pm, bask in the sun 15 minutes. Don't forget to dry your back more, because there are du meridian on your back.

2. Massage Yongquan Point

Chinese medicine believes that "essence is born in the soles of the feet", and essence refers to human energy. There is an important acupoint on the sole of the foot, namely Yongquan point. Huangdi Neijing said: "The kidney comes from the spring, and the spring is full of heart." In other words, the qi of the kidney meridian is like the source water, which comes from the foot and pours out to irrigate all parts of the body and limbs. So you can use your spare time to massage Yongquan point every day.

3, the heart is calm and yang.

In hot summer, be calm and keep the sunshine, and sweat will be reduced. Keep a good mood and get enough sleep. Life can't be too cold, you can't spend the night in the open air, you can't sleep in a cool and humid place, you can't eat too much cold food, so as not to catch cold and be trapped in the sun, and you will have symptoms such as sweating, dizziness and fatigue, and not thinking about diet.

4, moxibustion health

People with weak constitution can keep in good health by moxibustion in this season. Moxibustion in summer solstice and solar terms can play the role of "treating winter diseases in summer". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of summer heat disease is due to the cold evil hidden in the body in winter, and it is latent temperature disease in summer. On the solstice of summer, the yang of the human body reaches its peak. At this time, moxibustion therapy for summer diseases can better play its therapeutic role, so that the yang in the body can be promoted and invigorated, thus blocking the pathogenesis and making the latent evil in winter unable to trigger.

5. Avoid blowing air conditioners when sweating.

Many people like to blow into the air conditioner when they are sweating, but as everyone knows, it hurts the spirit of the sun the most. In case of cold, the pores will suddenly close, and the cold will stagnate in the body, which is easy to cause summer cold, and symptoms such as fever, irritability, heavy head and weakness of limbs will appear. It is suggested to avoid turning on the air conditioner directly at this time, and the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor should not exceed 7℃. At ordinary times, 26℃-27℃ is appropriate, and it should be high 1℃-2℃ when sleeping. Don't expose your waist and abdomen in an air-conditioned room, and eat less cold drinks and watermelons to avoid damaging the yang.

Step 6 increase outdoor activities

Physical exercise is very important because "kinetic energy generates yang". Walking, jogging, doing exercises, flying kites, playing ball games and other projects can be done. Increase outdoor activities, see more sunshine, make the body directly contact with nature, and the yang will be mobilized to walk on the muscle surface, exercise the function of defending against the outside world, especially increase the cold resistance.

7. Push spleen meridian for children.

Replenishing yang in summer, focusing on strengthening the spleen and appetizing, may wish to give children a push on the spleen meridian, such as Banmen point (in thenar, a bulge at the root of thumb), which belongs to the main point of the spleen meridian. Push your hands clockwise for 5 minutes, which has the effect of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, and can relieve symptoms such as abdominal distension and vomiting in children. It can also be pushed down along the ribs on both sides (inside) for 5 minutes, which has the effect of increasing children's appetite.

8, less bitter cold, cold drinks.

People can't live without diet, and diet is more important for nourishing yang. We should eat less bitter and cold food, drink less cold drinks and eat less greasy and indigestible food. Eat leeks, mustard greens, onions, shrimps, eggs, meat, peppers, ginger, etc. You can also choose fresh fruits such as litchi, bayberry, peach, apricot, longan and jujube.

Summer solstice proverb

1, money can't buy drought in May and fullness in June.

2, three plows, six rakes and nine hoes, one season of crops is worth one year.

Miscanthus is afraid of thunder, and the solstice in summer is afraid of the north wind.

4. Long summer hoes are everywhere for three days.

The solstice in summer is long and the solstice in winter is short.

6, eat rice in summer should drink water until the day.

Mang is planted in the summer solstice, and it is necessary to go.

8. There is no wind and dog days on the solstice in summer.