What to eat in Pinghu, Jiaxing during the Long Summer Festival?

In a blink of an eye, this day jumped from winter to summer, crossing the beautiful spring that is neither too hot nor too cold. Spring can only be remembered. After May Day, the weather suddenly became hotter these two days. Originally, it was going to be a long summer. How did the day pass so quickly? Just after the New Year, how can it be summer? ! Long summer is one of 24 solar terms, which falls on May 5 or 6 in Gregorian calendar, and the long summer of 20 12 years falls on May 5 10: 20. It marks the departure of spring and the beginning of summer, so this day was also called "late spring" in ancient times, the day when spring ended. Traditionally, people often regard long summer as an important solar term when the temperature rises obviously, the summer heat comes, thunderstorms increase and crops enter the peak season. First, the classic food of long summer: Long summer eggs Although the traditional food customs of long summer in all parts of the country have their own characteristics, when it comes to long summer, the most classic food is "long summer eggs". On the day before the long summer, many people began to cook "long summer eggs" at home, usually with tea powder or walnut shells, and watched the eggshells turn red slowly, and the house was full of fragrance. Eat the tea eggs while they are hot. When eating, pour good wine and sprinkle some fine salt. The wine is fragrant. There are other ways to play besides eating eggs. Boiled eggs, pick out intact ones, weave egg covers with colored threads and hang them on children's chests or curtains. Children also have to lean on long summer eggs (that is, touch eggs), which is the happiest and most exciting thing of the day. By eggs, the shell is firm but not broken. Why do you want to eat "long summer eggs" in long summer? The custom of "eating eggs in the long summer" has a long history. As the saying goes, "if you eat eggs in the long summer, it will not be summer when it is hot." According to legend, since the day of long summer, the weather has been sunny and warm, and it has gradually become hot. Many people, especially children, will feel tired, lose their appetite and gradually lose weight. This is the so-called "squat". Nu Wa Niangniang told the people that every year during the Long Summer Festival, children hang cooked chicken, duck and goose eggs on their chests to escape the heat. Therefore, the custom of eating eggs in the long summer festival has continued to this day. The ancients thought that eggs were round and symbolized the perfection of life. Eating eggs in summer can pray for peace in summer and stand the test of "summer". Summer begins in April of the lunar calendar. "Eggs in April are as cheap as vegetables." People put eggs in leftover "Qijia tea" and cook them, which becomes "tea eggs". Later, people improved their cooking methods by adding fennel, gravy, cinnamon and Jiang Mo to Qijia tea. Since then, tea eggs have become one of the traditional snacks in China, replacing the seasonal and climatic foods in the long summer.