Customary Foods for Xiao Summer

The customary foods for the summer holiday are eel and mung bean sprouts.

Eel: In the southern part of China, it is customary to eat eel during the summer festival, which is considered to be a good summer tonic because of its delicious meat and rich nutrition.

Mung bean sprouts: in many parts of China, there is a custom to eat mung bean sprouts during the summer festival. People consume mung bean sprouts during the Xiao Xiaosummer festival to relieve the heat and discomfort of summer.

Noodle Cake: In many parts of China, it is customary to eat noodle cake, which is made of flour and can be eaten with a variety of vegetables and meats, and is eaten to pray for a good harvest and a happy family.

New Rice: In some regions of China, it is customary to eat new rice during the summer festival. New rice is freshly harvested rice, which has a delicious taste and high nutritional value, and is eaten during the summer festival to celebrate a good harvest and to pray for a good harvest in the coming year.

Small Summer Introduction

Small Summer, is the eleventh of the twenty-four solar terms, the end of the month of noon on the dry calendar as well as the beginning of the month of Wei, Doo refers to the Xin, the sun reaches 105 degrees of yellow longitude, in the calendar July 6-8 each year to cross the festival. Summer, is the meaning of heat, small summer for small heat, not very hot. Small summer is not the hottest time of the year, but immediately after the hottest season of the year is the summer, folk "small summer, summer, on the steam under the cooking" said. Many parts of China have seen the most thunderstorms since the summer.

Small summer began to enter the ambush days, the so-called "hot in three volts", three volts usually appear in the small summer and summer between, is the highest temperature in a year and humid, hot, monsoon climate is the main feature of China's climate, the summer by the influence of warm and humid air from the ocean, China's high temperature and humidity and rainy, the small summer this Although the sun is fierce, high temperature, humidity and rain, but for crops, rain and heat at the same time is conducive to growth.