What traditional food do you eat in summer solar terms?

Eat lotus root in summer. In Jiangnan, there is a saying that lotus root is eaten in summer. As early as the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, lotus root was designated as a royal tribute. Because it is homophonic with "I", folk customs use lotus root to wish a happy marriage, but also because it comes out of the mud and is not stained. Together with lotus, it is a symbol of pure and noble personality. Every summer, people are used to eating lotus roots.

Since the beginning of summer, the plum rains in the Jianghuai basin have ended one after another, and the southeast monsoon rainy season from the Pacific Ocean has begun in the vast areas north of the Huaihe River and east of the Qinling Mountains. The precipitation has increased significantly and the rainfall is relatively concentrated. South China, Southwest China and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are also in the southwest monsoon rainy season from the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are generally hot and rainy under the control of subtropical high.

In some years, the cold air force in the north is still strong before and after the slight summer heat, and it is evenly matched with the warm air in the south in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, leading to frontal thunderstorms. Thundershowers in summer are often the weather information of "yellow plum falling", which indicates that the rain belt will stay in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River for some time.