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What are the customs and activities of Miscanthus species in northern China?

traditional food

1, Junda Cuisine

The reason why Mangzhong eats Junzi cuisine is because it is listed just before and after Mangzhong, that is, as a seasonal vegetable, it is also a must-eat dish in solar terms.

2. Boil green plums

The habit of cooking green plums with mango seeds began in the Xia Dynasty. The fresh plum fruit in midsummer is sour and difficult to accept directly, so cooking is used to flavor it. Sweet and sour taste is moderate. Mango seeds are cooked and drunk on the same day, which is both seasonal and full. Also with some snacks, very elegant!

Step 3: eggs

Eating eggs in solar terms can not only withstand the test of "summer", but also bring a complete life. Ear solar terms have the custom of eating eggs, which can strengthen the body. Eggs are common foods in our life. It should be noted that the yolk in eggs is high in calories and cannot be eaten too much.

Meteorological changes of awn species

The climatic characteristics of the solar term of awn species are a significant increase in temperature, abundant rainfall and high air humidity. During this period, high temperature weather is frequent, humidity is high and the weather is sultry. Whether in the south or the north, there is the possibility of high temperature weather. In the solar term, the southeast monsoon rain belt in South China is stable, and the south of the Yangtze River enters Meiyu. The northern part of China has not yet entered the rainy season.

During this period, except for the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the northernmost part of Heilongjiang, people in most areas can generally feel the summer heat.

Traditional customs of awn seed

1, send flowers to God

On the second day of the second lunar month, the flower festival welcomes the flower god. It's nearly May, and the flowers are beginning to fade. People often hold a ceremony of offering sacrifices to the flower god on Ear Seed Day to send the flower god back to his place, and at the same time express gratitude to the flower god, hoping to meet again next year.

2. An Miao

Anmiao is a kind of farming folk activity in southern Anhui, which began in the early Ming Dynasty. Every season when rice seeds cover the sun, in order to pray for a good harvest in autumn, all localities should hold an Anmiao sacrifice. Every household steamed bags with new wheat flour, kneaded the flour into the shape of five grains, six animals, fruits and vegetables, and then dyed it with vegetable juice as a sacrifice, praying for the bumper harvest of five grains and the safety of the villagers.

Step 3 fight in mud

Mud bucket Young Dong men and women in southeastern Guizhou hold Mud bucket festival every year before and after planting awns. On the same day, the newlyweds, accompanied by good young men and women, collectively planted rice seedlings, playing with each other while planting rice seedlings and throwing mud at each other. After the activity, the results show that the person with the most mud is the most popular person.