What traditional foods are eaten on the summer solstice in the South What traditional foods are eaten on the summer solstice in the South

1, some places in Guangdong and the southwest of Guangxi have the custom of eating lychee on the summer solstice. June is the time when lychee is ripe, and eating a few lychees in the hot weather is really a treat. However, "a lychee three fire", lychee eat more easy to fire, may also cause hypoglycemia, so eat lychee should be moderate.

2, Jiangsu Wuxi people in the summer solstice this day, breakfast will eat wheat porridge. Wheat congee is not only fragrant and pleasant, spleen and stomach, young and old savory delicious, can effectively relieve people "bitter summer" when the loss of appetite, but also can dispel dampness diuretic, is the summer solstice festival rare delicacies.

3, the day of the summer solstice, in the old Nanjing custom of adults to tell children to sit on the threshold to eat pea cakes to prevent diseases. The origin of this custom is because the summer weather is hot, people do not think about eating, so that children first eat pea cake appetizer. In addition, the old Nanjing on the day of the summer solstice to eat a bowl of cold noodles weighing.