Do you know what customs there are in the summer heat?

Fu Cha, as its name implies, is the tea people drink in dog days. Free tea is usually served from the beginning of June to the end of August in the lunar calendar. This kind of tea, which is made of more than ten kinds of Chinese herbal medicines such as honeysuckle, selfheal and licorice, has the function of cooling and relieving summer heat.

In ancient times, there was a custom in many rural areas, that is, villagers would put some tea in the pavilion at the entrance of the village and give it to passers-by for free. Today, such pavilions are rare, but in Wenzhou, this custom of hundreds of years ago has been preserved. Each exhibition hall has a special person to cook tea all day to ensure the supply. This kind of tea has a special name in Wenzhou, called "Fu Cha".

Second, burn incense.

Fuxiang has the highest solar term temperature in summer, the fastest growth of crops, and the most frequent droughts, floods and wind disasters in most areas. The tasks of harvesting crop seeds, drought resistance and drainage, and field management are very heavy; Therefore, the people burn incense and pray for good weather and good harvests; There is also a saying that it is close to moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine. In dog days, some acupoints can be scented and can treat many stubborn diseases. ?

Third, summer vacation.

On the Great Summer Festival, Putian people have the custom of eating litchi, mutton and rice grains, which is called "over the Great Summer". In summer, relatives and friends often give litchi and mutton as gifts.

Fourth, Japan eats cold noodles in summer.

I will set up a long bamboo tube in the community in summer, and put the cooked noodles in the bamboo tube to be cooled with water for everyone to taste. It is said that eating this kind of bamboo tube cold noodles in summer will not cause heatstroke.

Taiwan Province Province eats pineapples in summer.

During the Summer Festival, most of the waters around Taiwan Province Province are warm-water fish, with squid in the northeast and snapper in the outer seas of Keelung, Chizong and Changhua.

Taiwan Province Province folk proverb: Eat pineapple in summer, saying that pineapple is the best in this season. In addition, June 15 is a "semi-annual festival". Because June 15 of the lunar calendar is half of the whole year, the whole family will eat the "half-year round" together after worshipping God on this day. Half-year rings are made by grinding glutinous rice into powder and rubbing it with red noodles. Most of them will be cooked into sweets to taste, symbolizing reunion and sweetness.

Refer to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia-Great Summer