What are the customs of the summer festival?

The folk customs of the summer festival include "eating new food", "eating dumplings", "eating noodles", "licking cows in the summer", and "drying books and clothes". ", "sunshine book clothing" and other customs. It is said that this day after drying, can avoid being moth-eaten, so there is "June 6, sunshine red and green" said.

1, "food new" custom

In the past, the folk in southern China, the summer "food new" customs, " Food new" is the new rice, wheat, etc. Ground into powder, made of a variety of cakes, noodles, neighbors and folks to share to eat, to express prayers for a good harvest, at the same time, these new goods should also be prepared to make a sacrifice to the ancestors, and ask for blessings on the wind and rain.

2, eat dumplings

In the northern region of China, there is a "dumplings on the first day of the second day of the second day of the second day of the second day of the second day of the third day of the third day of the third day of the third day of the cake spread eggs". Dumplings on the first day of the month is a traditional custom, people's appetite, often thinner than normal, commonly known as the bitter summer, and dumplings in the traditional custom is the appetizing food. Dumplings have long been a favorite food of the people in the northern regions. As the saying goes, "It's not as good as dumplings".

3, eat the noodles

As the saying goes, "the heat in the three volts", after the summer into the volts. Volts, that is, the meaning of hiding, so people should go out less to avoid the heat. In terms of diet, people will eat cool food to get through the heat of the day.

4, small summer licking cattle

In Shandong Linyi area, every small summer, people have to cattle to improve the custom of diet. Volt cooking wheat kernel soup for cattle to drink, it is said that cattle drink the body strong, can work, not sweat, the ballad has: "spring cattle whip, lick cattle Han, wheat kernel soup, lick cattle rice, lick cattle drink not sweat, boiled to the June and then again".

5,Sun book clothing

In some places where the customs are more intense, the temple will be in the small summer this day to the scriptures, the folk people, it will be sunshine book, sun clothes and so on a series of sunshine activities, there are also ancient proverbs documented, "June six, people sun clothes dragon sun robe "" June six, family sun red and green ", so Mingma is considered to play very happy.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Small Summer