Summer Solstice Traditional Activities and Precautions

Summer solstice this day, the sun runs to 90 degrees of longitude (in Gemini), the sun directly on the ground to the northernmost point of the year, almost directly to the Tropic of Cancer, at this time, the northern hemisphere sunshine time is the longest. Below is my summer solstice for you to organize the traditional activities and notes, I hope to help you.

Summer solstice traditional activities

1. Sacrifice to the gods and ancestors

The summer solstice at the time of the wheat harvest, since ancient times, there are summer solstice sacrifices to the gods and ancestors of the custom to pray for the elimination of disasters and yearly abundance. From the Zhou Dynasty onwards, every summer solstice, the court is to dance and ritual music, held a grand ceremony. Therefore, the "Historical Records - Book of Fengchan" recorded: "summer solstice, the sacrifice of land, all with music and dance."

2. Eat summer solstice noodles

Since ancient times, the folk that is, "winter solstice dumplings summer solstice noodles," said the folk proverb also said: "Eat the summer solstice noodles, a day short of a line." Because of the summer solstice new wheat has been harvested, the ancients ate noodles on the summer solstice to taste the new meaning. Summer solstice noodle practice, not usually eaten in hot soup noodles, but water noodles, ancient times from the well and cool water, hand-rolled noodles cooked, directly into the basin full of cool well water, to be pulled out of the face of the cool, fished into the bowl, and then poured with pre-made seasonings and small vegetables. Ancient people ate cool water noodles in the hot summer, to remind people to pay attention to the intention of cooling. In addition, the ancient folk with long thin noodles, compared to the summer solstice daytime long, as people also eat noodles on their birthdays. In order to take a good luck.

3. Eat summer solstice cake

In ancient times, the summer solstice when the farmers rolled out for the pancake, baked, sandwiched between vegetables, beans, tofu and meat, etc., eaten after ancestor worship, or gift to friends and relatives, known as "summer solstice cake". Summer solstice this day, the ancient custom of eating wheat dumplings, but also wheat dumplings as a gift to each other.

4. Summer solstice called people

In ancient times, the summer solstice called people, to check the fat and thin, can seek good luck, so the ancient summer solstice called people custom, expressed the strong desire of the ancients to pray for the good.

5. Improve meals for cattle

On the summer solstice, there is a custom to improve meals for cattle in ancient times. Ancient people would cook wheat kernel soup on the summer solstice to feed cattle, it is said that cattle drink the body strong, can work, not sweat.

6. Eat complementary food customs

The third lunar summer solstice after the Geng that is into the dog days, when the weather is hot, people's appetite, began to lose weight, that is, "withered summer". Ancient folk began to leisure summer, pay attention to dietary supplements, the ancient government also stopped office work.

7. Mutual summer things

Summer solstice, ancient women have each other fan, powder and other things of the custom. "Youyang Miscellaneous Chopping Block - Rites of difference" in: "summer solstice, into the fan and powder capsule, are resigned." The fan is used to generate wind. Powder and grease to smear, scattered body heat born of turbid gas, to prevent prickly heat. These are commonly used in ancient times to eliminate summer things, ancient women used to give each other, to avoid the summer heat.

8. Eat wontons

Summer solstice this day, the ancient morning to eat wheat porridge, at noon to eat wontons custom. There is a proverb that says: "summer solstice wontons winter solstice group, the four seasons, people reunion." After the ancients ate wontons, began to weigh the children, hoping that the children grow up healthy and strong.

Summer Solstice Precautions

Avoid cold water bath

To the summer solstice, we must not use cold water bath, although it is said that the cold water bath is a lot of men like to summer way, but because the weather is relatively hot in the summer time, people's sweat holes muscle coupling is in the state of open venting, so the cold is very easy to invade the human body, and this will lead to the darkness of the yang qi. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.

Often bathe in cold water, there will be the symptoms are cold hands and feet, calves, etc., some people may have double vision, and even have an unknown fever. However, at this time, we also need to after, is in the hot water bath, need to pay attention to the bath after the wind, especially for children to pay special attention.

Eat less fatty meat

With the rise in temperature, the blood in the human body will have a different degree of change, if the outdoor temperature of more than 35 ℃, this time the blood will become viscous, if this is the time to eat some meat food, it is very likely that we will make our mood become worse. And in the meat food contains a lot of animal protein, which will make people have a tendency to aggression, worry.

Less open air conditioning

Chinese medicine believes that to make the qi smooth, normal pores drainage, summer should be as little as possible to open the air conditioning, so that the pores can be open, natural perspiration, which is conducive to the body's accumulation of waste, toxins with sweat out of the body. In fact, it is good to use natural methods of avoiding the summer heat, such as going under the shade of a tree. In a natural environment, a little sweat, more conducive to avoid heat.

Eat less cold drinks

In the hot summer, both adults and children like to eat cold drinks to cool down. But some kids don't know how to control themselves and sometimes eat several pieces of ice-cream at a time. Eating cold drinks is very unfavorable to children's health. First of all, in the summer season, the human body gastric acid secretion is reduced, the digestive system immune function has been reduced, and at this time the climatic conditions are suitable for bacterial growth and reproduction, therefore, the summer is often a high incidence of digestive diseases season.

Going out to take sunscreen measures

At this time of the year, the public should avoid exposure to strong sunlight, when going out, should take sunscreen measures, such as umbrellas, wear sun hats, apply sunscreen, etc.; accompanied by the need to have a man Dan, Huo Xiang Zhengqi Shui, ten drops of water, cool oil, and so on. In addition, from the color of clothing, good to wear red clothes, because red clothes can absorb a lot of ultraviolet light in the sun, and then protect the skin, prevent skin aging and even cancer.

Avoid drinking tea on an empty stomach

Too much tea, especially when drinking tea on an empty stomach, it is very easy to lead to tea consumption of human yangqi, if then like to eat salty people, salty tea into the kidneys, eliminating the flickering of the lower kidney yang, making it easy for people to suffer from paralysis of the pain in the feet and hands, as well as under the element of weak cold diarrhea, **, menstrual cramps, and other diseases. Therefore, summer tea, should be in the meal drink two to three cups of appropriate, there is hunger immediately stop drinking.

Summer Solstice how to health

1, the sun every day

Summer should also be the sun, does not spend money but effective, can prevent osteoporosis, but also helps the stability of the ovarian function, which is called in Chinese medicine, "yang yang". Many women are worried about the summer sun will tan the skin, face chloasma and freckles, in fact, as long as you grasp the time on the line. More than 9:00 in the morning or four or five o'clock in the afternoon, sun 15 minutes, don't forget to sun more back, because there is a dorsal vein on the back.

2, massage Yongquan point

Chinese medicine believes that "the essence of the foot from the bottom of the birth", that is, the essence of the human body energy. There is an important point on the bottom of the foot, the Yongquan point. The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine says, "The kidneys come out of the Yongquan, and the Yongquan is the center of the foot." This means that the qi of the kidney meridian is like water from a spring, originating from the foot and gushing out to irrigate all the limbs of the body. Therefore, you can massage the Yongquan acupoint in your free time every day.

3, the heart of the quiet Yang

In the hot summer to be quiet, the heart of the quiet Yang guard, sweat will also be reduced. To maintain a relaxed mood, sleep should be sufficient. Life should not be too cold, should not be in the open air overnight, should not sleep in the cool damp place, should not eat too much cold food, so as to avoid the cold trapped yang, will not sweat, dizziness and fatigue, do not want to eat and so on.

4, moxibustion health

Weak people can moxibustion health in this season. Summer solstice moxibustion can play "winter disease summer treatment" effect. Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of summer disease, is due to the winter cold evil hidden in the body, to the summer and the ambient temperature disease. The summer solstice, the human body yang qi reached its peak, this time for the summer disease moxibustion therapy, can better play its therapeutic role, so that the body yang qi get rise and invigorate, thus blocking the pathway, so that the winter of the ambush of the evil can not be triggered.

5, sweat to avoid blowing the air conditioning

Many people like to sweat when the air conditioning blowing a pass, do not know, this is the most injurious Yang Qi. When the cool air, pores will suddenly close, cold stagnation in the body, easy to cause summer cold, fever, irritability, head heavy as wrapped, heavy body limbs tired phenomena. It is recommended to avoid blowing directly into the air conditioning, and the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor temperature should not exceed 7 ℃. Normally 26 ℃ - 27 ℃ is appropriate, sleep should be 1 ℃ - 2 ℃ higher. In the air-conditioned room in the waist and abdomen can not be exposed to the outside, eat less cold drinks, watermelon, so as not to damage the Yang Qi.

6, increase outdoor activities

Body movement is very important, because the "dynamic Yang". Walking, jogging, gymnastics, kite flying, playing ball and other projects can be. To increase outdoor activities, see more sunlight, so that the body and direct contact with nature, Yang Qi was mobilized to walk the muscle surface, the exercise of external functions, especially to increase the ability to resist cold.

7, give the child more push the spleen meridian

Summer Yang, focusing on the spleen and stomach, you may want to give the child more push the spleen meridian, such as the board door point (in the big fish, the root of the thumb bulging out of a piece of), belonging to the spleen meridian main point, two hands were pushed in the clockwise direction of the 5 minutes each, have the role of the spleen and the role of wetness, can alleviate the child's stomach bloating, vomiting and other symptoms. You can also push down along both sides of the ribs (medial) for 5 minutes, which increases the child's appetite.

8, less bitter cold, section of cold drinks

People can not get away from the diet, dietary modification of Yang more important. We should be less bitter cold in the diet, section cold drinks, eat less greasy indigestible food. It is advisable to eat leeks, mustard greens, green onions, shrimp, eggs, meat, chili peppers, ginger and so on. You can also use fresh lychee, prunes, peaches, apricots, cinnamon, jujubes and other fruits.