What is the meaning and tradition of summer solar terms?

The moral of solar terms is: the weather is getting hotter, but it is not the hottest, because it is a little hot. Although we can already feel the hot weather, it is not the hottest in a year, but the beginning of a hot summer day. Tradition of summer solar terms: eating fresh food, eating jiaozi, eating fried noodles, fasting, eating lotus roots, eating noodles, eating summer sheep and so on. Eating new grain means cooking new rice to worship the grain gods and ancestors, praying for a bumper harvest of grain after autumn, and then people happily taste new wine.

Eating Summer Sheep: Eating Summer Sheep is a traditional custom in southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu in summer. After summer, just after the third summer and before the autumn harvest, farmers who have been busy for half a year eat summer sheep in groups of three or five households. At this time, the little goat who grew up drinking mountain spring water has been eating grass for several months, and it is tender and fragrant.

Fasting: the fasting day of Miao nationality in Xiangxi is from the day before the summer heat to the day after the summer heat every year. During this period, chickens, ducks, fish, turtles and crabs are not allowed, and pigs, beef and mutton can still be eaten.

Eat jiaozi: There is a saying in northern China that "jiaozi lies on his head, and pancakes spread eggs on his head". Eating jiaozi on the head is a traditional custom. Fukui people have poor appetite and are often thinner than usual, commonly known as bitter summer. In traditional customs, jiaozi is a food to stimulate appetite and relieve hunger.