Where is the custom of eating noodles on the solstice in summer?

Eating noodles on the solstice in summer is a custom in the north. People began to adjust their diet from summer to Sunday, taking low-calorie, easy-to-make, cool food as the main diet, and noodles are usually the first choice for ordinary families. On the solstice of summer, noodles are widely eaten in all parts of the north, and people in Shandong eat cold water, commonly known as water crossing. On the solstice of summer, people eat Zhajiang Noodles and Zhajiang Noodles in the north, but there are many kinds of noodles in the south, such as Yangchun noodles, noodle soup, shredded pork noodles, three fresh noodles, sesame oil noodles and cold noodles.

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.

The ancients in China divided the summer solstice into three periods: the first period was when the antlers were released, the second period was when cicadas began to sing, and the third period was when Pinellia ternata was born. Summer solstice is also an important traditional folk festival-summer solstice festival. Folk customs include offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, avoiding summer, eating noodles and zongzi.

In summer solstice, in addition to relieving summer heat and quenching thirst, we should try our best to be calm and pay attention to sleep. The weather is hot and the metabolism of human body is accelerated, so the intensity of exercise should be moderately reduced.