Folk activities and traditional food in summer solar terms.

The summer heat is the hottest period in a year, with the highest temperature and the fastest growth of crops, and droughts, floods and windstorms are the most frequent in most areas. The following are the folk activities and traditional foods I have arranged for you, hoping to help you.

Folk activities of summer solar terms

1, send the summer boat

Sending a "summer boat" is a traditional folk custom in Zhejiang coastal areas, especially in many fishing villages in Taizhou. Its significance is to send the "five saints" out of the sea and protect people from the heat. When sending the "Summer Boat", there are also colorful folk art performances.

2, eat fairy grass

Many places in Guangdong have the custom of "eating fairy grass" in summer. Cao Xian, also known as Xiancao and Cao Xian, is an important medicinal and edible plant resource. It is known as "Cao Xian" because of its magical effect of relieving summer heat. After the stems and leaves are dried in the sun, they can be made into fairy grass, which is called bean jelly in Guangdong and is a summer dessert.

Step 3 eat pineapple

During the hot summer, there is a custom of eating pineapple in Taiwan Province Province, and people think that pineapple is the best at this time. In addition, the pronunciation of pineapple in Minnan dialect is the same as that of "Wanglai", so it is also used as a symbol of praying for peace, good luck and prosperous business.

Step 4 fight crickets

The summer heat is the season with the most crickets in rural fields. In some areas of China, people have the custom of playing cricket in their spare time.

Step 5 eat litchi

People in Putian, Fujian have the custom of eating litchi, mutton and rice grains during the summer heat, which is called "passing the summer heat". Litchi contains glucose and multivitamins, and it is nutritious. Eating fresh litchi can nourish the body. First, soak the fresh litchi in the cold well water and take it out to taste as soon as summer arrives. At this time, eating litchi is the most pleasant and nourishing.

Traditional food of summer solar terms.

1, drink summer sheep

Many areas in Shandong have the custom of "drinking summer sheep" (that is, drinking mutton soup) on the day of summer heat. In Zaozhuang city, many citizens go to the local mutton soup kitchen to "drink summer sheep" in the hot summer.

Step 2 drink ginger tea

Drying ginger, drinking ginger tea and eating ginger juice to adjust eggs are the dietary customs of Taizhou people in midsummer. Because ginger juice can remove moisture from the body, it is passed down from generation to generation. Taiwan Province people like Cao Xian and pineapple very much in summer. It is said that pineapples are the most delicious at this time, and Cao Xian is also a famous local snack.

Step 3 Eat Cao Xian

Many places in Guangdong have the custom of "eating fairy grass" in summer. Cao Xian, also known as Xiancao and Cao Xian, is an important medicinal and edible plant resource. It is known as "Cao Xian" because of its magical effect of relieving summer heat. After drying the stems and leaves, it can be made into Xiancao, which is called bean jelly in Guangdong and is a summer dessert.

4. Eat lychee, mutton and rice.

People in Putian, Fujian have the custom of eating litchi, mutton and rice grains during the summer heat, which is called "passing the summer heat". Some people say that eating litchi in summer has the same nutritional value as eating ginseng. Rice grains are made by mixing rice with white rice distiller's yeast, allowing it to ferment and fully mature; On the day of the great summer heat, it is said that cutting into pieces and adding some brown sugar to cook can "greatly replenish vitality." On summer day, relatives and friends often give litchi and mutton to each other.

5, drink old melon fresh lotus leaf soup

In Guangdong, especially in the Pearl River Delta, almost every household cooks summer soup in summer or hot weather. Old wax gourd and fresh lotus leaf soup for relieving summer heat is a traditional diet soup for relieving summer heat in Guangdong. It is mainly composed of old wax gourd, fresh lotus leaf and adzuki bean.

6. Drink old duck soup

The formula widely circulated in the north and south is-the old duck supplements in summer. After the old duck is slowly stewed, add lotus root, wax gourd, Gordon Euryale seed and coix seed to make soup, which will clear away heat and nourish. Old duck is a good tonic in summer and rich in nutrition.

Dietotherapy method for eliminating summer heat and dampness

1, lotus leaf and winter melon soup

A piece of fresh lotus leaf (washed and chopped), 500 grams of fresh wax gourd, soup with water, seasoning with salt, and edible wax gourd soup. It has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer-heat, diuresis and dehumidification, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and is especially suitable for people with thirst, upset, cough, yellow and thick phlegm, scanty urine, yellow color and oral ulcer in summer.

2, watermelon skin porridge

Watermelon peel 100g, rice 50g and sugar 15g. Peel the watermelon and cut it into dices. Wash the rice, put it in a casserole, add appropriate amount of water and watermelon peel, bring it to a boil over high fire, then turn to low heat to cook porridge and add sugar. It has the functions of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling, and can prevent heatstroke if eaten regularly.

3. Glutinous rice and red bean porridge

50g of Coix seed and 25g of adzuki bean are washed, put into a pot, soaked in proper amount of water for 3-4 hours, cooked together until cooked, and eaten after cooling. This kind of porridge has the functions of clearing heat, diuresis and detoxification. Patients with frequent micturition, urgency and dysuria can often eat it.

4. orange peel tea

10g orange peel (twice as much as fresh peel), appropriate amount of rock sugar, soaked in boiling water for future generations to make tea. It has the effects of regulating qi, stimulating appetite, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, and is suitable for people with abdominal distension and tasteless diet caused by dampness in summer.

5, bitter gourd lean broth

200 grams of fresh bitter gourd, peeled and diced, lean meat 100 grams, diced. Put it in a casserole and add a proper amount of boiled soup. Add some salt to taste after cooking. It can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, improve eyesight and detoxify, and is especially suitable for people with polydipsia, swollen gums and increased eye secretions caused by summer heat.