What are the special customs of the summer heat?

1, sun ginger

The ginger originated from Shanxi, Henan and other places in China, three days when people will be sliced ginger or juice and brown sugar stirred together, into the container covered with gauze, drying in the sun. After fully blended and consumed, it has a miraculous effect on the old cold stomach, windy cough, etc., and has the effect of warmth and health care.

2, drink voltaic tea

Voltaic tea, as the name suggests, is the three voltaic days to drink tea. Free supply of ambrosia tea time is generally from the beginning of June to the end of August in the lunar calendar. This tea, made from more than a dozen Chinese herbs such as honeysuckle, Xia Gu Cao and licorice, has a cooling effect to dispel the summer heat.

3, Taiwan summer eating pineapple

Taiwanese folk proverb: summer eating pineapple, said this time of year pineapple is the most delicious. In addition, June 15 is "half a year festival", because the lunar calendar June 15 is half of the year, so after worshiping the gods on this day the whole family will eat "half a year round", half a year round is made of glutinous rice ground into powder and then rolled with red flour, most of them will be boiled into a sweet food to taste, symbolizing reunion and sweetness. The symbolism is reunion and sweetness.

4, drink summer goat

North China has in the summer day drink summer goat (i.e., drink goat meat soup) custom. After the intense summer harvest labor, people are very tired, should take a good rest. So the whole family gets together and each person eats a fragrant new wheat bun and drinks a bowl of flavorful mutton soup.

The above reference? Baidu Encyclopedia - Great Heat